My best guess is that it is OK as it is only used when building the distribution, not when installing it but I wanted to check this is correct.

I, too, can't see that it matters.

However, another alternative would be to install gzip (and also tar, if you like) on your Windows system, as both are readily available:

http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gzip.htm
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gtar.htm

If you happen to have Cygwin or MSYS installed, then you already have both of those utilities.

Cheers,
Rob

In reply to Re: Making distribution on Strawberry Perl for CPAN by syphilis
in thread Making distribution on Strawberry Perl for CPAN by Bod

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