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Hi Bj=F6rn,

On Tuesday 13 March 2012 15:52:51 Bj=F6rn Stenberg wrote:
> pigz, which stands for parallel implementation of gzip, is a fully
> functional replacement for gzip that exploits multiple processors and=

> multiple cores to the hilt when compressing data. pigz was written by=
 Mark
> Adler, and uses the zlib and pthread libraries.
>=20
> This recipe adds pigz as an alternative provider of gzip-native. Pigz=
 is
> much faster than gzip on multi-core machines.
>=20
> Upstream-status: Pending

This needs to be moved to the inner ldflags.patch, and..

> Signed-off-by: Bj=F6rn Stenberg <bjst@enea.com>

this should be copied to there. The patch should also start with an=20
explanation of what the patch does (in this case it's trivial, but stil=
l worth=20
having in there.)

Thanks,
Paul

--=20

Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre