This is a test release of gzip.

Please send comments and problem reports to <bug-gzip@gnu.org>.

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	This file is part of GNU zip (gzip).

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	any later version.

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	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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* GNU Automake 1.7 <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.7.tar.gz>
