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pigz for Debian
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This is the pigz utility packaged for Debian. All relevant information can be
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found in the manpage pigz(1).
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pigz is supposed to be a replacement of gzip - however, the default
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installation is not replacing gzip binary due to various concerns, like
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differences in the output data, differences in program/help output, basic risk
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considerations (/bin/gzip is an essential executable), and the fact that it's
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installed in /usr spaces which might be not located within / filesystem space.
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If the mentioned concerns don't scare you or are not relevant, it's possible to
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make it a system-wide default setting by running the following commands as
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root. It's also advisable to make sure that pigz is not accidentally
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uninstalled during administrative work since the usual safety mechanisms won't
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be triggered here.
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dpkg-divert --local --add --rename --divert /bin/gzip.gzip /bin/gzip
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ln -s /usr/bin/pigz /bin/gzip
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This can be reverted later using:
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rm /bin/gzip
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dpkg-divert --remove --rename --divert /bin/gzip.gzip /bin/gzip
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