pigz: A parallel implementation of gzip1
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.
... part of T2, get it here
URL: http://www.zlib.net/pigz/
Author: Mark Adler <madler [at] alumni [dot] caltech [dot] edu>
Maintainer: Rene Rebe <rene [at] t2-project [dot] org>
License: OpenSource
Status: Beta
Version: 2.8
Remark: Does cross compile (as setup and patched in T2).
Remark: Dietlibc compatible.
Download: http://www.zlib.net/pigz pigz-2.8.tar.gz
T2 source: pigz.cache
T2 source: pigz.desc
Build time (on reference hardware): 2% (relative to binutils)2
Installed size (on reference hardware): 0.13 MB, 8 files
Dependencies (build time detected): 00-dirtree bash binutils coreutils diffutils findutils gawk grep gzip linux-header make sed tar zlib
Installed files (on reference hardware):
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2) Compatible with Linux From Scratch's "Standard Build Unit" (SBU).