Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/archivers/pxz

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>]

On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 04:16:05PM +0000, Ryo ONODERA wrote:
> Module Name:  pkgsrc
> Committed By: ryoon
> Date:         Fri Apr 16 16:16:05 UTC 2021
> 
> Added Files:
>       pkgsrc/archivers/pxz: DESCR Makefile PLIST distinfo
>       pkgsrc/archivers/pxz/patches: patch-pxz.c
> 
> Log Message:
> archivers/pxz: import pxz-4.999.9beta
> 
> Parallel XZ is a compression utility that takes advantage of running LZMA
> compression of different parts of an input file on multiple cores and
> processors simultaneously.
> Its primary goal is to utilize all resources to speed up compression time
> with minimal possible influence on compression ratio.

What's the point of this given that 'xz -T' has existed for a long time?

Joerg