GZIP_PACKAGE

NAME

gunzip_package - revert gzipped package to normal  

SYNOPSYS

gunzip_package [options] package-name...  

DESCRIPTION

gunzip_package or its equivalent gzip_package -u takes an Installer package previously converted with gzip_package, and expands it to its original compress(1)ed form.  

OPTIONS

-d, --debug

Enable debug mode. Intermediate results are left around.

-h, --help

Show on-line help.

-i, --info

Show summary information about the compression status of the package instead of actually (un)gzipping. Its possible values are: gzipped, compressed or installed. If combined with --verbose, some additional size info (or location if installed) is shown.

-k, --keep

Keep a backup copy of the original package around. Normal operation is to replace the original package with the converted one.

-q, --quiet

Shut up completely.

-s n, --save=n

Set how much space should be saved at least by gzipping the package's contents instead of using standard compression. If the savings would be less than this limit, the original package is left undisturbed. The argument n is taken as a number of kilobytes, or as a percentage if it is given as a number followed by a percent sign (%). Default value is 5%.

-u, --unzip

Expand gzipped package archive back to normal (compressed) form. Equivalent with the gunzip_package command (which is actually a link to gzip_package).

-v, --verbose

Talkative mode.

-V, --version

Show name and version number of this program.

FILES

/tmp/##gzip_package##package-name.tar.Z

Temporary gunzip(1)ped, re-compress(1)ed contents archive during package installation.

package-name.pkg/package-name.tar.gz

Contains the actual contents archive, compressed with gzip(1).

package-name.pkg/package-name.tar.Z

The original contents archive is replaced with a symbolic link to the temporary contents archive.

package-name.pkg/package-name.pre_install,

package-name.pkg/package-name.post_install

These provide the pre_installation conversion back to compressed contents archive, and the post_installation cleanup of the mess. If the original package already contained pre_ and/or post_install scripts, these are renamed to real_pre_install and real_post_install, inside the package wrapper respectively, and these are invoked by the install scripts provided by gzip_package.

package-name.pkg/package-name.sizes

Its contents is updated to reflect the size change of the (uninstalled) package.

package-name.pkg/funzip

Small m68k-only gunzip-compatible filter for those NeXTstep versions that do not come with gzip in the standard distribution. (release 3.0 and before, i.e., black hardware only.)

LIMITATIONS

Multipart packages created by chunk_package cannot be gzip_packaged, and conversely gzip_packaged packages cannot be chunk_packaged.

Gzipped packages cannot be automatically unpacked on NeXTstep release 2.2 and before, since its Installer does not understand pre_ and post_install package scripts.  

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