2007/8/11, Ken Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Saturday 2007-08-11 02:36, Marcus Meissner wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 01:26:04AM -0400, Ken Jennings wrote: > > > openSuse 10.2 > > > 2.6.18.8-0.5-default #1 SMP Fri Jun 22 12:17:53 UTC 2007 x86_64 > > > GNU/Linux > > > > > > Is compress/uncompress really not available in the distro? I went to > > > install it and Yast Software Management won't show me any package that > > > either provides or is named "compress". Oddly, the man pages are > > > installed. > > > > > > Yes, I know compress is a lame, old program. But, I'm working with some > > > .Z files from a customer and the normally cooperative zcat objects to > > > decompressing and displaying them. Can anyone tell me where to find > > > current source for compress? I found a web site with some source > > > labelled 4.3d from 1990. "$@(#) compress.c,v 4.3d 90/01/18 03:00:00" > > > Is this current? > > > > .Z should be decompressible with zcat / gunzip just fine. > > Thanks. But I'm trying to prove to a client that they did something to > their .Z files. The not-entirely-technical management types think I'm > suspect if I can't show them something named "compress" with a version > number. > > > "ncompress" contains the old compress/uncompress. > > Where is that? It does not appear to be part of the distro. A search in Yast > shows nothing named ncompress and no RPM that provides ncompress. > > This site: > http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=ncompress > shows a number of RPMs for several distros. None of them is a suse. Are the > Red Hat RPMs good for openSuse? > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can rebuild the src available here (or just use the already compiled for Suse 9.3):
http://anorien.csc.warwick.ac.uk/mirrors/opensuse/guru/packages/Utilities/ncompress/ Regards, Ciro -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
