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Description:

pigz, which stands for parallel implementation of gzip, is a fully functional replacement for gzip that exploits multiple processors and multiple cores to the hilt when compressing data.

Homepage:

https://www.zlib.net/pigz/

License:

ZLIB

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Description

• pigz, which stands for parallel implementation of gzip, is a fully functional replacement for gzip that exploits multiple processors and multiple cores to the hilt when compressing data.

Maintainers

• Michał Górny (mgorny@gentoo.org) - Type: person

Upstream

• Remote IDs:
  • cpe: cpe:/a:zlib:pigz
  • github: madler/pigz

<pkgmetadata>
	<maintainer type="person">
		<email>mgorny@gentoo.org</email>
		<name>Michał Górny</name>
	</maintainer>
	<longdescription lang="en">
		pigz, which stands for parallel implementation of gzip,
		is a fully functional replacement for gzip that exploits
		multiple processors and multiple cores to the hilt when compressing data.
	</longdescription>
	<upstream>
		<remote-id type="cpe">cpe:/a:zlib:pigz</remote-id>
		<remote-id type="github">madler/pigz</remote-id>
	</upstream>
</pkgmetadata>

Lint Warnings

• [Warning] Ebuild 2.8 uses IUSE flag 'static' which is not documented in metadata.xml. Add the flag to metadata.xml <use> section.
• [Warning] Missing md5-cache for version 2.8. Run 'ebuild <ebuild_file> manifest' or 'egencache' to generate it.

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