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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/minigzip - Imported sources 
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Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 05:41:56 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> MHO, it appears that gzip is built static even though it is installed 
> in /usr/bin.  Any idea why this is?

So you can use it with tar as a recovery mechanism (which is also
static though living in /usr/bin).

					Jordan