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+module Gem::Util
+  ##
+  # Zlib::GzipReader wrapper that unzips +data+.
+
+  def self.gunzip(data)
+    require 'zlib'
+    require 'rubygems/util/stringio'
+    data = Gem::StringSource.new data
+
+    unzipped = Zlib::GzipReader.new(data).read
+    unzipped.force_encoding Encoding::BINARY if Object.const_defined? :Encoding
+    unzipped
+  end
+
+  ##
+  # Zlib::GzipWriter wrapper that zips +data+.
+
+  def self.gzip(data)
+    require 'zlib'
+    require 'rubygems/util/stringio'
+    zipped = Gem::StringSink.new
+    zipped.set_encoding Encoding::BINARY if Object.const_defined? :Encoding
+
+    Zlib::GzipWriter.wrap zipped do |io| io.write data end
+
+    zipped.string
+  end
+
+  ##
+  # A Zlib::Inflate#inflate wrapper
+
+  def self.inflate(data)
+    require 'zlib'
+    Zlib::Inflate.inflate data
+  end
+
+  ##
+  # This calls IO.popen where it accepts an array for a +command+ (Ruby 1.9+)
+  # and implements an IO.popen-like behavior where it does not accept an array
+  # for a command.
+
+  def self.popen *command
+    begin
+      r, = IO.popen command
+    rescue TypeError # ruby 1.8 only supports string command
+      r, w = IO.pipe
+
+      pid = fork do
+        STDIN.close
+        STDOUT.reopen w
+
+        exec(*command)
+      end
+
+      w.close
+
+      Process.wait pid
+
+      r
+    end
+
+    r.read
+  end
+
+end