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diff --git a/archivers/lzma/pkg-descr b/archivers/lzma/pkg-descr index e1b40a3..991562b 100644 --- a/archivers/lzma/pkg-descr +++ b/archivers/lzma/pkg-descr @@ -1,12 +1,7 @@ -Simple command line implementation of LZMA compression algorithm. This tool -uses raw LZMA format as opposed to 7z container format, which uses LZMA as -the default compression algorithm, but has many additional features and a -header incompatible to that of raw LZMA streams. If you need to create -highly-compatible archives, you probably want to use archivers/p7zip port. -Lzma tool is taken from LZMA SDK. - -Compression ratio is about 25-30% better than bzip2 and decompression speed -is about two times faster. The downside is higher CPU and RAM requirements -for compression. +This is a simple command line implementation of the LZMA compression algorithm +from the LZMA SDK. It uses a raw LZMA format instead of the xz or 7z container +formats, and produces compression ratios that are usually about 25-30% better +than bzip2, and decompression speeds that are about twice as fast. The +disadvantages are higher CPU and RAM requirements for compression. WWW: http://www.7-zip.org/sdk.html |
