Dave Cantera wrote:

I was just checking the linux archives at sunsite.unc.edu for a kernel update... to my amazement there is a new compression scheme replacing the gzip... now the extensions are bz2 and gunzip doesn't work!

have I been away too long? where can I get the new program to bunzip this?

You'll find it at <A HREF="http://www.digistar.com/bzip2/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.digistar.com/bzip2/index.html</A">http://www.digistar.com/bzip2/index.html</A</A>>, which is a mirror in the US. The home site is in the UK but isn't responding too well for me here in ZA. Steve Crane MCSD E-mail ......... <A HREF="mailto:stevec@datapro.co.za">mailto:stevec@datapro.co.za</A> Web (Company) .. <A HREF="http://www.datapro.co.za"><A HREF="http://www.datapro.co.za</A">http://www.datapro.co.za</A</A>> (Personal).. <A HREF="http://home.pix.za/pa/pak00325"><A HREF="http://home.pix.za/pa/pak00325</A">http://home.pix.za/pa/pak00325</A</A>> - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e