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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2018-08-29 18:17:00 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2018-08-30 12:46:34 +0000
commit19e2d2f36686a83038f222230d26d466010f6e83 (patch)
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parentReleasing debian version 1.20-2. (diff)
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Updating wording in README.Debian, thanks to Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es>.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
-rw-r--r--debian/lzip.README.Debian27
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/debian/lzip.README.Debian b/debian/lzip.README.Debian
index 38e3c90..b36f972 100644
--- a/debian/lzip.README.Debian
+++ b/debian/lzip.README.Debian
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Lzip is available in different implementations:
xlunzip C implementation using lzip_decompress kernel module, decompressor only
lzd simple C implementation, decompressor only, educational purpose
- minilzip simple C implementation, using lzlib, educational purpose
+ minilzip simple C implementation using lzlib library
pdlzip simple C implementation, Public Domain
All Lzip implementations are fully compatible (files can be compressed and
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ The following automatic priorities are used:
lunzip -1000
Compressor and decompressors:
- lzlib 1000
+ minilzip 1000
pdlzip 2000
clzip 3000
lziprecover 4000
@@ -57,22 +57,27 @@ This allows:
sudo update-alternative --config lzip
- if more than one lzip imlementation is installed.
+ if more than one Lzip imlementation is installed.
- * automatically have the system use the 'best' implementation installed.
+ * automatically have the system use the 'best' implementation installed
+ (using the priorities listed above, e.g. installing plzip will superseed
+ lzip automatically).
- * allows to switch back and forth, transparently, from single-threaded lzip
- to parallel plzip with one update-alternative command - no scripts or
- commands need to be changed.
+ * switching transparently between implementations, e.g. globally using
+ the multi-threaded plzip instead of the single-threaded lzip requires only
+ one command:
- If you were using lzip before, install plzip and all your lzip operations
- are now parallelized automatically.
+ sudo update-alternatives --set lzip /usr/bin/lzip.plzip
+ No scripts or commands need to be changed. If you were using lzip
+ before, install plzip and all your Lzip operations are now parallelized
+ automatically.
-3. Best practise
+
+3. Best practice
----------------
-To make the best use of lzip, the following should be considered:
+To make the best use of Lzip, the following should be considered:
* use lzip in scripts and commands, don't hardcode a specific implementation
(e.g. use lzip, not plzip).