nixpkgs/pkgs/tools/compression/gzip/default.nix

{ stdenv, fetchurl, xz }:

stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  name = "gzip-${version}";
  version = "1.9";

  src = fetchurl {
    url = "mirror://gnu/gzip/${name}.tar.xz";
    sha256 = "16h8g4acy7fgfxcjacr3wijjsnixwsfd2jhz3zwdi2qrzi262l5f";
  };

  outputs = [ "out" "man" "info" ];

  enableParallelBuilding = true;

  nativeBuildInputs = [ xz.bin ];

  # In stdenv-linux, prevent a dependency on bootstrap-tools.
  makeFlags = "SHELL=/bin/sh GREP=grep";

  doCheck = false; # fails

  meta = {
    homepage = https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/;
    description = "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.
      '';

    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;

    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
  };
}