On Saturday, April 5, 2014, Chris Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > On 5 Apr 2014, at 06:02 pm, Rainer Müller > > <[email protected]<javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > >> On Fri, 04 Apr 2014 20:39:26 -0500, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > >> Since the MacPorts build system now accommodates adding third-party > >> software into the build, if pbzip2 works reliably, it might be nice > >> to include it with MacPorts and use it at least for compression and > >> decompression of the archives, if not also for bzip2 distfiles and > >> patchfiles. > > > > Fedora is currently in the progress of switching to lbzip2. I don't > > know how if this implementation is related to pbzip2, but the goals > > sound similar. > > > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/lbzip2 > > > > We do not have a port for it yet, though. > > Reading the web site, they claim lbzip2 can handle unzipping any bz2 file > in parallel, unlike pbzip2. This seems like a distinct advantage, and given > it seems well maintained, i think makes it a much better replacement > possibility. > > > > > Rainer > The only reservation I have is inexperience with lbzip2, and at least one comparison I saw cited high memory requirements and out of memory crashes with lbzip2. I will have to find the page when I'm back at a computer, and it may very well have been addressed by now. Not being updated in a while is not a bad sign for a tool you just want to work. The unzipping anything in parallel, however, is a distinct advantage, and makes it worth examining. - Eric
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