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gzip
gzip (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. The GNU Project uses it as the standard compression program for its system.
| Tags | Archiving Compression |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Implementation | C |
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Recent commentsRe: gzip buffer overflow revision
> I laud the speed with which the buffer
> overflow problem was addressed, but the
> revision.h file has not been altered to
> reflect this change. While this is an
> administrative-only event, it makes it
> impossible to identify which version of
> gzip is in use.
>
> It really needs fixed, guys.
What are you talking about. What version. You can see the version by typing gzip --version.
gzip buffer overflow revision
I laud the speed with which the buffer overflow problem was addressed, but the revision.h file has not been altered to reflect this change. While this is an administrative-only event, it makes it impossible to identify which version of gzip is in use.
It really needs fixed, guys.