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Update docs for small file fixes.

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Con Kolivas 2011-05-07 23:50:08 +10:00
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@ -6,6 +6,16 @@ executable, and to be consistent with gzip.
* Fix counter from being zeroed on every loop in rzip.c which was creating * Fix counter from being zeroed on every loop in rzip.c which was creating
excess progress output. excess progress output.
* Update GNU license. * Update GNU license.
* Set aside at least page_size of zeroes when compressing a chunk, thus
allowing files that are otherwise too small to compress with lrzip to be
compressed. The zeroes will just be dropped on decompression.
* Add explicit checks to cope with zero sized files as well.
* Remove the arbitrary 128 byte minimum size restriction on archives now that
any size file can be safely archived.
* Set the eof flag when reading older file format files to not hang on zero
byte sized archives.
* Update the percentage counter when getting file info to not overflow with
tiny files.
APRIL 2011, version 0.604 Con Kolivas APRIL 2011, version 0.604 Con Kolivas
* Detach threads after creating them on the compression side. Not joining them * Detach threads after creating them on the compression side. Not joining them

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@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ lrzip and lrunzip will no longer automatically output to stdout due to
addition of lrzcat executable, and to be consistent with gzip. addition of lrzcat executable, and to be consistent with gzip.
lrzip progress output will no longer spam the output unless the percentage lrzip progress output will no longer spam the output unless the percentage
has changed. has changed.
lrzip now has no lower limit on file sizes it will happily compress and is
able to work with zero byte sized files.
The percentage counter when getting file info on small files will not show
%nan.
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