5.23. Gzip-1.3.12

The Gzip package contains programs for compressing and decompressing files.

Approximate build time: less than 0.1 SBU
Required disk space: 2.2 MB

5.23.1. Installation of Gzip

The version of the function “futimens” used by Gzip is incompatible with the version that current Glibc provides, so we'll rename the function:

for file in gzip.c lib/utimens.{c,h} ; do \
   cp -v $file{,.orig}
   sed 's/futimens/gl_&/' $file.orig > $file
done

Prepare Gzip for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/tools

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue:

make check

Install the package:

make install

Details on this package are located in Section 6.39.2, “Contents of Gzip.”