PSARC/2007/617 p7zip 4.55

[Ceri Davies]

On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 03:15:48PM -0700, Danek Duvall wrote:
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> 
> 1. Background
> 
> 	This project proposes to integrate p7zip[1,2], a freeware archiving
> 	and compression utility.  It is similar in usage to zip, as opposed
> 	to gzip or tar, and compresses as well as archives.  The compression
> 	algorithm is LZMA[3], which, compared to bzip2, generally gives
> 	higher compression ratios, and is generally more cpu and memory
> 	friendly on decompression.
> 
> 	These factors are the primary motivators for inclusion in Solaris;
> 	in particular, delivery of S10, Update 5 is at risk due to the size
> 	of the CD1 image, and compressing the packages more than they are
> 	currently is desired.  In addition, it should provide some relief
> 	to customers in terms of reduced CPU usage during installation and
> 	upgrade.

Is there an implication that systems without this utility will not be
able to read s10u5 packages?

Ceri
-- 
That must be wonderful!  I don't understand it at all.
                                                  -- Moliere
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