On Sun, 30 Jan 2011, Anand Sivaram wrote: > If you are using tar, then try "xz" instead of 7-zip. Both xz and 7-zip use > lzma2 compression. But xz command line utility is very similar to > gzip/bzip2, so most of the gzip options could be used. In fact tar has a > filter also for xz which is 'J'. It can be used just like gzip > tar cfJ something.tar.xz something (that is the same as, tar cf - something > | xz > something.tar.gz) > tar xfJ something.tar.xz
And Debian supports it for packaging source, and automake supports it for make dist-xz... Xz is a better choice for software distribution than 7zip, in the general case. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110130130242.ga1...@khazad-dum.debian.net
