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I'm not sure but probably because it produced a smaller file than xz.
by davexunit 10y ago
I'm not sure but probably because it produced a smaller file than xz.
- clacke2 10y agoIt seems that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lzip https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lzip came out at the time between lzma and xz, possibly because lzma lacked proper file headers and checksumming at the time. These days, some distros use lz and most use xz, probably mostly due to historical reasons.