GNU zip (gzip)

Version:

1.8

Release date:

Thursday, 24 August, 2017

Home:

http://www.gzip.org/

https://github.com/bitwiseworks/gzip-os2

Categories:

Utilities: archivers and backup

License:

GPL

Interface:

VIO

Italiano

Authors/Port authors:

Jean-loup Gailly, Vincenzo Venuto, Paul Smedley (Smedles), Netlabs

GNU zip is a compression utility designed to be a replacement for compress. Its main advantages over compress are much better compression and freedom from patented algorithms.

This software is distributed in two modes:

as compressed package that you have to download and manually install; if prerequisites are required, you will have to manually install them too;
as RPM package; you can install it using your favorite rpm package manager, that will take care to download and install both the software and its prerequisites.

Choose the installation mode that you prefer. Please note that not all the versions are available in both the installation modes.

Installation with rpm

This program is installable using the rpm package manager. See below for the install string. Required prerequisites are automatically processed by the package manager and, if needed, downloaded and installed.

gzip-1.8-1.oc00 (24/08/2017)

Repository: Netlabs stable

install with ANPM or running the command:
```
yum install gzip
```

Readme/What's new

GNU gzip NEWS -*- outline -*- * Noteworthy changes in release 1.8 (2016-04-26) [stable] ** Bug fixes gzip -l no longer falsely reports a write error when writing to a pipe. [bug introduced in gzip-1.7] Port to Oracle Solaris Studio 12 on x86-64. [bug present since at least gzip-1.2.4] When configuring gzip, ./configure DEFS='...-DNO_ASM...' now suppresses assembler again. [bug introduced in gzip-1.3.5]

gzip-debuginfo-1.8-1.oc00 (24/08/2017)

Repository: Netlabs stable

install with ANPM or running the command:
```
yum install gzip-debuginfo
```

Readme/What's new

GNU gzip NEWS -*- outline -*- * Noteworthy changes in release 1.8 (2016-04-26) [stable] ** Bug fixes gzip -l no longer falsely reports a write error when writing to a pipe. [bug introduced in gzip-1.7] Port to Oracle Solaris Studio 12 on x86-64. [bug present since at least gzip-1.2.4] When configuring gzip, ./configure DEFS='...-DNO_ASM...' now suppresses assembler again. [bug introduced in gzip-1.3.5]

Manual installation

Program is distributed as ZIP package: download to temporary directory and unpack to destination folder. See below for download link(s).

Following is a list of prerequisites that you have to manually install in order to have the program working:

You can install the prerequisites with rpm running the following string in a command line:

yum install libc libcx libgcc1 libssp libstdc++6 libstdc++ libsupc++6 libsupc++ libgcc-fwd emxrt

Online documentation:

gzip user manual - The data compression program - Jean-loup Gailly (in English)

Following ones are the download links for manual installation:

GNU zip (gzip) v. 1.3.6 (26/11/2006)	Readme/What's new	This is gzip 1.3.6 compiled for OS/2. This build was done with Innotek GCC 3.3.5 CSD1 - and hence requires libc061.dll which can be downloaded from ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.1-csd1.zip Any feedback is appreciated to paul@smedley.info. Cheers, Paul Smedley Adelaide, Australia 26th November, 2006.
www.os2site.com/sw/util/archiver/zip/gzip-1.3.6-os2.zip
GNU zip (gzip) v. 1.3.3b (8/12/2002)	Readme/What's new	gzip v1.3.3 also support encryption with password. For eCS and OS/2 compiled by Vincenzo Venuto.
www.os2site.com/sw/util/archiver/zip/gzip133b.zip
GNU zip (gzip) v. 1.2.4 (16-bit EXE, 21/8/1993)	Readme/What's new	GNU gzip 1.2.4 (16-bit EXE)
www.os2site.com/sw/util/archiver/zip/gz124-16.zip
GNU zip (gzip) v. 1.2.4 (32-bit EXE, 21/8/1993)	Readme/What's new	GNU gzip 1.2.4 (32-bit EXE)
www.os2site.com/sw/util/archiver/zip/gz124-32.zip