2008/11/25 bf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> How useful would LZMA be without supporting the .7z file format? >> Probably not at all, since there isn't a gzip-like file format or >> wrapper that supports LZMA. > > ?? 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.
That's interesting - I've never seen an .lzma file "in the wild". But there they are: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/ [ ] coreutils-6.12.tar.gz 01-Jun-2008 05:03 8.6M [ ] coreutils-6.12.tar.lzma 01-Jun-2008 05:04 3.6M And there's a compressor in ports: archivers/lzma _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
