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Re: Import of XZ



On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 08:44:03PM +0200, Alan Barrett wrote:
> That's consistent with the documentation: the default limit is 40%
> of real memory, and the decompressor skips the file if the limit is
> exceeded.  I don't think it's a very good idea for the decompressor to
> behave like that, but you can override it with "-M max" (assuming you
> have enough virtual memory).

Also keep in mind that the default setting is -6, so it caps at the
mentioned 10MB for decompression.

Joerg


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