[Buildroot] [PATCH v2] pixz: new package

Arnout Vandecappelle arnout at mind.be
Mon Jul 3 13:06:20 UTC 2017


 Hi Vincent,

On 02-07-17 23:27, Vincent Stehle wrote:
> From: Vincent Stehlé <vincent.stehle at laposte.net>
> 
> Add a package for pixz (pronounced pixie), a parallel, indexing version of
> xz.
> 
> See https://github.com/vasi/pixz
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vincent Stehlé <vincent.stehle at laposte.net>
> Cc: Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout at mind.be>
> ---
> 
> 
> Changes since v1:
> -----------------
> - Select libarchive and depend on wchar, as suggested by Arnout
> - Rework comment on conf_env, as suggested by Arnout
> - Make pixz a host package, too. This to prepare making it a selectable
>   alternative to host-xz, as suggested by Arnout

 Since pixz in fact uses xz, it seems like a bad idea to use it as a replacement
for host-xz. It's not as if the xz tarball extraction is such an important part
of build time... So the host package can be removed I guess.

 Sorry for changing my mind.

 Otherwise the patch looks good, so after removing the two lines referring to
the host package you can add my

 Acked-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout at mind.be>
 Tested-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout at mind.be>

 Regards,
 Arnout


> - Change my e-mail address in DEVELOPERS
> 
> 
>  DEVELOPERS             |  3 ++-
>  package/Config.in      |  1 +
>  package/pixz/Config.in | 13 +++++++++++++
>  package/pixz/pixz.hash |  2 ++
>  package/pixz/pixz.mk   | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  5 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>  create mode 100644 package/pixz/Config.in
>  create mode 100644 package/pixz/pixz.hash
>  create mode 100644 package/pixz/pixz.mk
> 

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