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bzip2                                                              version 1.0.8
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bzip2 is a free and open-source file compression program that uses the
Burrows–Wheeler algorithm. It only compresses single files and is not a file
archiver. It is developed by Julian Seward and maintained by Federico Mena. [0]

Upstream: https://www.sourceware.org/bzip2/


[000] Index
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* Installation ........................................................... [001]
* Setup .................................................................. [002]
* Usage .................................................................. [003]
* History ................................................................ [004]
* References ............................................................. [005]


[001] Installation
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|  $ kiss b bzip2                                                              |
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[002] Setup
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To use bzip2 as the package manager's compression method for build tarballs, set
the environment variable KISS_COMPRESS to 'bz2'. If bzip2 will not be used as
the package manager's compression method, no such setup is required.


[003] Usage
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Refer to the manual pages and command help output.


[004] History
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2021-08-20 5ef2247b bzip2: move back to core
2021-07-22 00b987ba bzip2: move to extra
2021-07-18 1bcbe81f bzip2: update for new env
2021-07-15 5538b576 bzip2: use VERSION
2021-07-01 ef5d6ca8 bzip2: remove usage of install
2021-07-01 1e3d8eb6 bzip2: use new checksum format
2020-04-27 50df29f2 bzip2: Revert to prior build method
2020-04-23 9ca23ccd bzip2: Saner build
2020-02-12 40ac7114 bzip2: Use cc @konimex
2019-10-07 d6646d2e bzip2: build with generic_gcc to use $CC
2019-10-07 6715d1ce bzip2: build with generic_gcc to use $CC
2019-09-16 98834555 bzip2: clean up build
2019-08-03 b63fdef9 bzip2: new package at 1.0.8


[005] References
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[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bzip2



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