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diff --git a/distro/base.scm b/distro/base.scm index 7c8d7b64ae..62a934a79d 100644 --- a/distro/base.scm +++ b/distro/base.scm @@ -178,6 +178,33 @@ files (as archives).") (license "GPLv3+") (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/"))) +(define-public gzip + (package + (name "gzip") + (version "1.5") + (source (origin + (method http-fetch) + (uri (string-append "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/gzip-" + version ".tar.gz")) + (sha256 + (base32 + "18rm80kar7n016g8bsyy1a3zk50i2826xdgs874yh64rzj7nxmdm")))) + (build-system gnu-build-system) + (description "Gzip, the GNU zip compression program") + (arguments + ;; FIXME: The test suite wants `less', and optionally Perl. + '(#:tests? #f)) + (long-description + "gzip (GNU zip) is a popular data compression program written by Jean-loup +Gailly for the GNU project. Mark Adler wrote the decompression part. + +We developed this program 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.") + (license "GPLv3+") + (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/"))) + (define-public patch (package (name "patch") |