On Monday 13 August 2007, Karl Berry wrote: > would it be possible to see .tar.bz2 releases of gzip ? not for the > "gzip vs bzip2" debate, but for the case where gzip is broken on a > system :) > > That's why there is a plain .tar available (e.g., > ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/gzip-1.3.12.tar). The few extra bytes of > download don't seem too important for such a rare occasion ...
while i hadnt noticed that, i'd still ask for a .tar.bz2 ... i'd like to use in Gentoo where such an issue would be transparent ... -mike
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