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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] [1.7] New: {xz/liblzma0/liblzma-devel}-4.999.8beta-10


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Charles Wilson wrote:
> The xz package is the successor to lzma.  Its command-line tools
> support both .lzma files and the new .xz format, and it ships with
> compatibility links so you don't even need to retrain your fingers:
> 'lzma', 'lzcat', etc, are all still present. However, you probably
> should: .xz files are already being used by some upstream source
> distribution sites, including GNU FSF, and the new format includes
> features (such as internal integrity checks) that the old .lzma
> format lacks.

So if I'm reading this right, is the attached patch for cygport correct?


Yaakov
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Index: bin/cygport.in
===================================================================
--- bin/cygport.in	(revision 6005)
+++ bin/cygport.in	(working copy)
@@ -602,9 +602,9 @@
 			*.asc|*.md5|*.sig|*.sign)  continue ;;
 			*.tar.bz2|*.tbz2|*.tar.bz|*.tbz) unpack_cmd="tar jxf" ;;
 			*.tar.gz|*.tgz|*.tar.Z) unpack_cmd="tar zxf" ;;
-			*.tar.lzma)
-				check_prog_req lzma
-				unpack_cmd="tar --lzma -xf"
+			*.tar.lzma|*.tar.xz)
+				check_prog_req xz
+				unpack_cmd="tar --xz -xf"
 				;;
 			*.tar.lzo)
 				check_prog_req lzop

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