Details on this package are located in Section 6.46.2, “Contents of Gzip.”
The Gzip package contains programs for compressing and decompressing files.
By default Gzip uses assembly code. While this may preform better, it is not position independent. The assembly code causes text relocation which is disallowed by options in PaX/Grsec kernels. The DEFS environment variable is set to use only C code.
Prepare Gzip for compilation:
env DEFS=NO_ASM ./configure --prefix=/tools
Compile the package:
make
Install the package:
make install
Details on this package are located in Section 6.46.2, “Contents of Gzip.”