Libarchive 2.8.4

The source distribution includes the libarchive library, the bsdtar and bsdcpio command-line programs, full test suite, and documentation:<br /> * Stable release: libarchive-2.8.4.tar.gz libarchive-2.8.4.zip <br /><br />The libarchive library features:<br /> * Support for a variety of archive and compression formats.<br /> * Robust automatic format detection, including archive/compression combinations such as tar.gz.<br /> * Zero-copy internal architecture for high performance.<br /> * Streaming architecture eliminates all limits on size of archive, limits on entry sizes depend on particular formats.<br /> * Carefully factored code to minimize bloat when programs are statically linked.<br /> * Growing test suite to verify correctness of new ports.<br /> * Works on most POSIX-like systems (including FreeBSD, Linux, Solaris, etc.)<br /> * Supports Windows, including Cygwin, MinGW, and Visual Studio. <br /><br />The bsdtar and bscpio command-line utilities are feature- and performance-competitive with other tar and cpio implementations:<br /><br /> * Reads a variety of formats, including tar, pax, cpio, zip, xar, lha, ar, cab, mtree, and ISO images.<br /> * Writes tar, pax, cpio, zip, xar, ar, ISO, mtree, and shar archives.<br /> * Full automatic format detection when reading archives, including compressed archives.<br /> * Unique format conversion feature.

Requirements:	No special requirements
Platforms:	Mac, Mac OSX
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