feat(24.04): add gzip

slices/gzip.yaml

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+package: gzip
+
+essential:
+  - gzip_copyright
+
+slices:
+  bins:
+    essential:
+      - libc6_libs
+    contents:
+      /usr/bin/gunzip:
+      /usr/bin/gzexe:
+      /usr/bin/gzip:
+      /usr/bin/uncompress:
+      /usr/bin/zcat:
+      /usr/bin/zcmp:
+      /usr/bin/zdiff:
+      /usr/bin/zegrep:
+      /usr/bin/zfgrep:
+      /usr/bin/zforce:
+      /usr/bin/zgrep:
+      /usr/bin/zless:
+      /usr/bin/zmore:
+      /usr/bin/znew:
+
+  copyright:
+    contents:
+      /usr/share/doc/gzip/copyright:

tests/spread/integration/gzip/task.yaml

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+summary: Integration tests for gzip
+
+systems:
+  - -ubuntu-24.04-ppc64le
+  - -ubuntu-24.04-s390x
+
+execute: |
+  rootfs="$(install-slices gzip_bins)"
+
+  echo "this is a test text file that we will compress using gzip" > "${rootfs}"/test.txt
+  chroot "${rootfs}" gzip -k test.txt
+
+  # store original for comparison
+  mv "${rootfs}"/test.txt "${rootfs}"/test.original
+
+  # decompress the original file
+  chroot "${rootfs}" gzip -d test.txt.gz
+
+  # ensure that the files are identical
+  cmp "${rootfs}"/test.txt "${rootfs}"/test.original