[BusyBox] Re: [uClibc] LZMA (Patches for busybox and buildroot)

[Rob Landley]

On Friday 06 May 2005 02:52 am, Thomas Lundquist wrote:
> On Thu, May 05, 2005 at 09:45:12PM -0400, Rob Landley wrote:
> > On Thursday 05 May 2005 06:43 am, Thomas Lundquist wrote:
> > > The lzma compressor(s) need C++ but the decompressor (lzmacat) uses a C
> > > only library.
> >
> > Nothing in busybox currently needs c++.
>
> well, the lzmacat, which is the decompressor, does not need C++. it's
> for compressing you need C++.
>
> > > This requires the lzma sdk version 4.06 to compile.
> >
> > Currently, the only thing in busybox that requires an external SDK to
> > compile is the new ext2 tools, which A) were not in 1.00, and B) are
> > being fixed to be self-contained.
>
> the busybox applet, lzmacat, is self contained.

So you're only suggesting merging the decompressor, not the compressor, in 
busybox?

I think I'll wait and see what Manuel's patch looks like...

> Thomas.

Rob