Use of xz instead of gzip

[Julian H. Stacey]

> How about a much more helpful message from ctm if xz isn't available? 
> One that gives the message that Julian was considering putting into man ctm?

Both would be best :-)
Run time message most importantly. A note in man ctm also nice :-)

Cheers,
Julian
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