nixpkgs/pkgs/tools/compression/gzip/default.nix
2013-02-28 20:04:02 +01:00

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{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
name = "gzip-1.5";
src = fetchurl {
url = "mirror://gnu/gzip/${name}.tar.xz";
sha256 = "0wx1nqk709kx75cwp2axachnbxryp4gyl06qxn5nl95184w0mhls";
};
doCheck = true;
patches = [ ./skip-some-tests.patch ];
meta = {
homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/;
description = "Gzip, the GNU zip compression program";
longDescription =
''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+";
maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.ludo ];
};
}