delta
xdelta between the generated tarball and the original tarball.
wrapper
- Encapsulated delta file for the .gz (or other) wrapper for the
+ Encapsulated delta file for the .gz or .bz2 wrapper for the
tarball. Optional, if not present a pristine .gz won't be generated.
-wrapper-bz2
- Might be replaced with "wrapper" once the experimental bzip2
- imeplementation reviewed.
-
For gz files, wrapper contains:
For bzip2 files the wrapper contains:
params
- Currently, only the compression level is detected (4th byte of the
+ Typically, only the compression level is needed (4th byte of the
compressed file), and its matching parameter stored: -N.
+ In some cases a -bN parameter is detected and stored.
program
Program used to compress. Almost everytime, it is bzip2 (or another
implementation producing bit-identical results). pbzip2 might also be
- detected, but several parameters might interfere (-r, -bN, -pN).
+ detected, but several parameters might interfere (-r, -pN).
+
+ It may also be zgz (the params will include --old-bzip2 in this
+ case.)