GNU bug report logs - #77563
new snapshot available: gzip-1.13.56-e549

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Package: gzip;

Reported by: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2025 21:08:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Nicolas Boos <nicolas.boos <at> wanadoo.fr>
To: 77563 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#77563: new snapshot available: gzip-1.13.56-e549
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2025 07:43:19 +0200

Le Sat, 05 Apr 2025 14:07:01 -0700
Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net> écrivait :

 
> ** Performance improvements
> 
>   gzip now decompresses significantly faster by computing CRCs via a
>   slice by 8 algorithm, and faster yet on x86-64 platforms that
>   support pclmul instructions.

Will a binary built with an i686 toolchain and a CPU supporting pclmul will
work from a system without this instruction?

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