Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:05:27 +0100 From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@britannica.bec.de> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: lzma compression/decompression in bsdtar/libarchive? Message-ID: <20081125210526.GB9737@britannica.bec.de> In-Reply-To: <917783.1650.qm@web39102.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <917783.1650.qm@web39102.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 10:56:24AM -0800, bf wrote: > ?? Have you looked at this code? Yes, there is: there is an "LZMA > compressed file format" and the 7z file format, both of which support > LZMA. The former format has been widely adopted by people who distribute > lzma-compressed tarballs, especially GNU-related projects that use the > lzmautils port. Some projects, like GNU coreutils, no longer distribute > the latest versions of their software in bzip2-compressed tarballs. lzma files in the current form are a major PITA. The format doesn't have a proper header and therefore is not really autodetectable. Joerg
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