[3862] in SIPB bug reports
gzip installed in the sipb locker
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Calvin Clark)
Wed Jun 23 18:20:47 1993
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 93 18:20:30 -0400
From: Calvin Clark <ckclark@mit.edu>
To: bug-sipb@athena.mit.edu
Cc: eichin@athena.mit.edu, jfc@athena.mit.edu
Since many ftp sites are starting to use gzip for all of their
compressed files, gzip is now necessary, not just convenient. I
installed gzip directly in the sipb locker; there are no symlinks or
scripts or pointers to never-never land, and the source is in sipbsrc.
When new versions of gzip come out, I think it would be a good idea to
update the version in outland immediately, but leave the sipb one alone
for a week or so, just in case the new release introduces some dangerous
bug. (Of course, if a new release comes out primarily to *fix* a
dangerous bug, then maybe prompt action is in order.)
Gzip will be available in the sipb locker the next time the volume is
released, which should happen between 5 and 5:30 AM tomorrow morning, if
all goes well.
-Calvin
