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Adding upstream version 1.3.

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Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org>
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Daniel Baumann 2025-02-17 22:10:06 +01:00
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@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ small size makes it well suited for embedded devices or software
installers that need to decompress files but do not need compression
capabilities.
Lunzip uses the same well-defined exit status values used by bzip2,
which makes it safer when used in pipes or scripts than compressors
returning ambiguous warning values, like gzip.
Lunzip uses the same well-defined exit status values used by lzip and
bzip2, which makes it safer when used in pipes or scripts than
decompressors returning ambiguous warning values, like gunzip.
The 4 factor integrity checking of the lzip format guarantees that the
decompressed version of the data is identical to the original. This
@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ occurs upon decompression, so it can only tell you that something is
wrong. It can't help you recover the original uncompressed data.
If you ever need to recover data from a damaged lzip file, try the
lziprecover program.
lziprecover program. Lziprecover makes lzip files resistant to bit-flip,
one of the most common forms of data corruption, and its recovery
capabilities contribute to make of the lzip format one of the best
options for long-term data archiving.
Lunzip replaces every file given in the command line with a decompressed
version of itself. Each decompressed file has the same modification