Adding upstream version 1.6.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org>
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one of gzip or bzip2. Clzip decompresses almost as fast as gzip,
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compresses most files more than bzip2, and is better than both from a
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data recovery perspective. Clzip is a clean implementation of the LZMA
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algorithm.
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"algorithm".
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Clzip uses the lzip file format; the files produced by clzip are fully
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compatible with lzip-1.4 or newer, and can be rescued with lziprecover.
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* Additionally lzip is copylefted, which guarantees that it will
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remain free forever.
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A nice feature of the lzip format is that a corrupt byte is easier to
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repair the nearer it is from the beginning of the file. Therefore, with
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the help of lziprecover, losing an entire archive just because of a
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corrupt byte near the beginning is a thing of the past.
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Clzip uses the same well-defined exit status values used by lzip and
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bzip2, which makes it safer than compressors returning ambiguous warning
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values (like gzip) when it is used as a back end for tar or zutils.
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values (like gzip) when it is used as a back end for other programs like
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tar or zutils.
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Clzip will automatically use the smallest possible dictionary size for
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each file without exceeding the given limit. Keep in mind that the
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LZMA), and Julian Seward (for bzip2's CLI).
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Copyright (C) 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
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Copyright (C) 2010-2014 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
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This file is free documentation: you have unlimited permission to copy,
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distribute and modify it.
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