Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 10:13:48 -0700 From: Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libarchive archive_read_support_compression_compress.c Message-ID: <40B621CC.2060702@kientzle.com> In-Reply-To: <xzpfz9mgxnv.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <200405270358.i4R3wtdd064004@repoman.freebsd.org> <xzpfz9mgxnv.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> Tim Kientzle <kientzle@FreeBSD.org> writes:
>
>> Log:
>> Add read-only support for .Z compressed archives.
>
>
> Why read-only?
Compression and decompression support in
libarchive are completely independent.
This commit implements the decompression
side (with full auto-format detection, of
course).
I haven't bothered to implement the
compression side for a couple of reasons:
* I have limited time. If someone else
would like to tackle this, I'd be happy
to provide suggestions, review code,
commit code, etc.
* Nonexistent demand. Noone has asked.
Personally, it's been years since
I created a .Z compressed archive.
* Low need. When creating an archive,
you have to select the compression
manually, regardless of whether you specify
it with "-Z" or "|compress". On the read
side, the automatic format detection
changes the usability picture considerably.
Tim
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