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Utilities for the .xz and .lzma formats.
lzma is a file compression utility with a high compression ratio.
Features:
* Average compression ratio of LZMA is about 30% better than that of gzip, and 15% better than that of bzip2.
* Decompression speed is only little slower than that of gzip, being two to five times faster than bzip2.
* In fast mode, compresses faster than bzip2 with a comparable compression ratio.
* Achieving the best compression ratios takes four to even twelve times longer than with bzip2. However. this doesn't affect decompressing speed.
* Very similar command line interface than what gzip and bzip2 have.
* The patch for GNU tar integrates LZMA compression with the tar command in the same way as with gzip and bzip2.
* Free software licensed under the GNU GPL (actually most parts are under the GNU LGPL).
xz: Utilities for the .xz and .lzma formats
Utilities for the .xz and .lzma formats.lzma is a file compression utility with a high compression ratio.
Features:
* Average compression ratio of LZMA is about 30% better than that of gzip, and 15% better than that of bzip2.
* Decompression speed is only little slower than that of gzip, being two to five times faster than bzip2.
* In fast mode, compresses faster than bzip2 with a comparable compression ratio.
* Achieving the best compression ratios takes four to even twelve times longer than with bzip2. However. this doesn't affect decompressing speed.
* Very similar command line interface than what gzip and bzip2 have.
* The patch for GNU tar integrates LZMA compression with the tar command in the same way as with gzip and bzip2.
* Free software licensed under the GNU GPL (actually most parts are under the GNU LGPL).
| Name: | xz |
| Release: | 5.8.1-1mamba |
| Group: | Applications/Archiving |
| Maintainer: | silvan |
| License: | GPL |
| Size: | 1.06 MB |
| Upstream URL: | https://tukaani.org/xz-backdoor/ |
| Build time: | 2025-04-04 20:30:57 |
Binary packages and requirements
| x86_64 | aarch64 | i586 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built RPMS | liblzma liblzma-devel xz xz-debug | liblzma liblzma-devel xz xz-debug | liblzma liblzma-devel xz xz-debug |
| Build requirements | glibc-devel [1] | glibc-devel [1] | glibc-devel [1] |
History of changes
| Date | Packager | Release | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-04 | Automatic Build System | 5.8.1-1mamba | - automatic version update by autodist |
| 2025-03-26 | Automatic Build System | 5.8.0-1mamba | - automatic version update by autodist |
| 2025-01-26 | Automatic Build System | 5.6.4-1mamba | - automatic version update by autodist |
| 2024-10-05 | Automatic Build System | 5.6.3-1mamba | - automatic version update by autodist |
| 2024-06-04 | Automatic Build System | 5.6.2-1mamba | - automatic version update by autodist |
| 2024-03-31 | silvan | 5.6.1-2mamba | - switch to clean source as required from CVE-2024-3094 |
| 2024-03-10 | Automatic Build System | 5.6.1-1mamba | - automatic version update by autodist |
| 2024-02-24 | Automatic Build System | 5.6.0-1mamba | - automatic version update by autodist |
| 2024-02-05 | silvan | 5.4.6-1mamba | - update to 5.4.6 |
| 2023-11-01 | autodist | 5.4.5-1mamba | - automatic version update by autodist |
