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From: "steve howe" <un_x@hotmail.com>
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Subject: gzipped programs
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is there any way i can tell if gzipping a program
will do damage to my system without resorting to
trial and error?

i was really crammed for space on one system, and
decided to gzip some executables, and found many
programs in /bin, /sbin, /usr/sbin that cause
this system to crash when gzipped. (2.2.2)


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