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new snapshot available: gzip-1.6.56-9190

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>, 23107 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23107: new snapshot available: gzip-1.6.56-9190
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2016 01:15:31 -0700

Assaf Gordon wrote:
> It solves the problem on this system, but might introduce problems on other systems which don't support '-u' (or don't have sed).

Yes, this is a problem, as older Unixes don't have 'diff -u'.

Perhaps we should wait until a later gzip version before worrying too much about 
Busybox. It is close to a release, and clearly these odds and ends of gzip have 
never worked with Busybox.

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