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To: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@missouri.edu>
From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com>
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Subject: Re: Use of xz instead of gzip 
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> How about a much more helpful message from ctm if xz isn't available? 
> One that gives the message that Julian was considering putting into man ctm?

Both would be best :-)
Run time message most importantly. A note in man ctm also nice :-)

Cheers,
Julian
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