Package: pbzip2
Version: 1.0.2-0
Severity: wishlist
Since pbzip2 is drop in replacement for bzip2, please provide
/etc/alternatives method to select default bzip2 for the system.
Ths way the pbzip2 could become the preferred method of system bzip2,
if admin so chooses. No scripts would need to be chnaged to make use
of the added performance.
EXAMPLES:
$ update-alternatives --list bzip2
/usr/bin/bzip2.original
/usr/bin/pbzip2
$ update-alternatives --config bzip2
There are 2 alternatives which provide `bzip2'.
Selection Alternative
-----------------------------------------------
1 /usr/bin/bzip2.original
*+ 2 /usr/bin/pbzip2
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages pbzip2 depends on:
ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.5-1 high-quality block-sorting file co
ii libc6 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgcc1 1:4.3.2-1.1 GCC support library
ii libstdc++6 4.3.2-1.1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
pbzip2 recommends no packages.
pbzip2 suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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