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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-01-23 05:40:38 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-01-23 05:40:38 +0000
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parentReleasing debian version 1.12-6. (diff)
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Merging upstream version 1.13~rc1.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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@@ -7,14 +7,15 @@ Pdlzip is written in C and is (hope)fully compatible with lzip 1.4 or newer.
Lzip is a lossless data compressor with a user interface similar to the one
of gzip or bzip2. Lzip uses a simplified form of the 'Lempel-Ziv-Markov
-chain-Algorithm' (LZMA) stream format and provides a 3 factor integrity
-checking to maximize interoperability and optimize safety. Lzip can compress
-about as fast as gzip (lzip -0) or compress most files more than bzip2
-(lzip -9). Decompression speed is intermediate between gzip and bzip2.
-Lzip is better than gzip and bzip2 from a data recovery perspective. Lzip
-has been designed, written, and tested with great care to replace gzip and
-bzip2 as the standard general-purpose compressed format for unix-like
-systems.
+chain-Algorithm' (LZMA) stream format to maximize interoperability. The
+maximum dictionary size is 512 MiB so that any lzip file can be decompressed
+on 32-bit machines. Lzip provides accurate and robust 3-factor integrity
+checking. Lzip can compress about as fast as gzip (lzip -0) or compress most
+files more than bzip2 (lzip -9). Decompression speed is intermediate between
+gzip and bzip2. Lzip is better than gzip and bzip2 from a data recovery
+perspective. Lzip has been designed, written, and tested with great care to
+replace gzip and bzip2 as the standard general-purpose compressed format for
+Unix-like systems.
The lzip file format is designed for data sharing and long-term archiving,
taking into account both data integrity and decoder availability:
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ users of the most non-free platforms can share lzip files with everybody
else.
-Copyright (C) 2010-2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+Copyright (C) 2010-2023 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
This file is free documentation: you have unlimited permission to copy,
distribute, and modify it.