#2214: LZMA-Utils ---------------------+------------------------------------------------------ Reporter: willimm | Owner: [email protected] Type: task | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.4 Component: Book | Version: SVN Severity: normal | Keywords: ---------------------+------------------------------------------------------ It is at [http://tukaani.org/lzma/]. There are a number of advantages compared to Gzip and Bzip2:
* The average compression ratio of LZMA is about 30% better than that of gzip, and 15% better than that of bzip2. * While the decompression speed is slightly slower than gzip, it is two to four times faster than Bzip2. * In fast mode, compresses faster than bzip2 with a comparable compression ratio. However, achieving the best compression ratio is slower than bzip2, but doesn't affect decompression speed. * A very similar command line interface that is like what gzip and bzip2 have. * Tar-1.20 and higher can unconpress LZMA-commpresed tarballs with the --lzma switch. * And it's licenced under both the GNU GPL and LGPL. No wonder why most of the newer GNU packages come in lzma and gzip (not Bzip2). And there may be a few lzma-only tarballs along the road, like the Texlive source. I think this package should be in LFS. -- Ticket URL: <http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/ticket/2214> LFS Trac <http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/> Linux From Scratch: Your Distro, Your Rules. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-book FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
