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Re: [PATCH 5/6] Handle bzip2 multi-stream files


On Apr  8 15:43, Jon TURNEY wrote:
> bzip2 compressed files are allowed to contain multiple streams of
> compressed data.  So if we arrive at BZ_STREAM_END but are not at
> EOF, restart the decompressor.  Decompress any data which remains
> in the stream before reading any more.

I take this at face value since I'm not fluent in bzip compression.
So, if that helps to circumvent a potential problem, just go ahead.
Does that really occur in some of our tar.bz files?


Thanks,
Corinna

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