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environ.7: Remove obsolete admonishment of the GZIP environment variable 

gzip deprecated the GZIP environment variable long ago.

Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
[ alx: srcfix ]
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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@ -339,16 +339,11 @@ etc.).
However, in some traditional uses such an environment variable However, in some traditional uses such an environment variable
gives options for the program instead of a pathname. gives options for the program instead of a pathname.
Thus, one has Thus, one has
.BR MORE , .B MORE
.BR LESS ,
and and
.BR GZIP . .BR LESS .
Such usage is considered mistaken, and to be avoided in new Such usage is considered mistaken, and to be avoided in new
programs. programs.
The authors of
.I gzip
should consider renaming their option to
.BR GZIP_OPT .
.SH SEE ALSO .SH SEE ALSO
.BR bash (1), .BR bash (1),
.BR csh (1), .BR csh (1),