GZIP (GNU zip) is a popular data compression program written by Jean-Loup
Gailly for the GNU project.
This program was developed as a replacement for compress because of the UNISYS
and IBM patents covering the LZW algorithm used by compress. These patents
made it impossible for us to use compress, and we needed a replacement. The
superior compression ratio of GZIP is just a bonus.
Binary packages can be installed with the high-level tool
pkgin
(which can be installed with pkg_add)
or
pkg_add(1)
(installed by default).
The NetBSD packages collection is also designed to permit
easy installation from source.
Available build options
(none)
Known vulnerabilities
(no vulnerabilities known)
The pkg_admin audit
command locates any installed package which has been mentioned in
security advisories as having vulnerabilities.
Please note the vulnerabilities database might not be fully accurate,
and not every bug is exploitable with every configuration.
Problem reports, updates or suggestions for this package should be
reported with
send-pr.
