./archivers/zstd, Fast real-time compression algorithm

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Branch: CURRENT, Version: 1.5.7, Package name: zstd-1.5.7, Maintainer: pkgsrc-users

Zstd, short for Zstandard, is a fast lossless compression algorithm,
targeting real-time compression scenarios at zlib-level and better
compression ratios.


Required to run:
[archivers/lz4]

Required to build:
[pkgtools/cwrappers]

Master sites:

Filesize: 2394.418 KB

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   2025-02-20 09:10:34 by Adam Ciarcinski | Files touched by this commit (6) | Package updated
Log message:
zstd: updated to 1.5.7

V1.5.7 (Feb 2025)
fix: compression bug in 32-bit mode associated with long-lasting sessions
api: new method `ZSTD_compressSequencesAndLiterals()`
api: `ZSTD_getFrameHeader()` works on skippable frames
perf: substantial compression speed improvements (up to +30%) on small data, by \ 
@TocarIP
perf: improved compression speed (~+5%) for dictionary compression at low levels
perf: much faster speed for `--patch-from` at high compression levels
perf: higher `--patch-from` compression ratios, notably at high levels
perf: better speed for binaries on Windows (@pps83) and when compiled with \ 
Visual Studio (@MessyHack)
perf: slight compression ratio improvement thanks to better block boundaries
perf: slight compression ratio improvement for `dfast`, aka levels 3 and 4
perf: runtime bmi2 detection enabled on x86 32-bit mode
cli: multi-threading as default CLI setting, by @daniellerozenblit
cli: new `--max` command
build: improve `msbuild` version autodetection, support VS2022, by @ManuelBlanc
build: fix `meson` build by @artem and @Victor-C-Zhang, and on Windows by @bgilbert
build: compatibility with Apple Framework, by @Treata11
build: improve icc/icx compatibility, by @josepho0918 and @luau-project
build: improve compatibility with Android NDK, by Adenilson Cavalcanti
portability: linux kernel branch, with improved support for Sequence producers \ 
(@embg, @gcabiddu, @cyan4973)
portability: improved qnx compatibility, suggested by @rainbowball
portability: improved install script for FreeBSD, by @sunpoet
portability: fixed test suite compatibility with gnu hurd, by @diegonc
doc: clarify specification, by @elasota
misc: improved tests/decodecorpus validation tool
   2024-04-02 22:05:57 by Adam Ciarcinski | Files touched by this commit (5) | Package updated
Log message:
zstd: updated to 1.5.6

V1.5.6 (Mar 2024)
api: Promote `ZSTD_c_targetCBlockSize` to Stable API
api: new `ZSTD_d_maxBlockSize` experimental parameter, to reduce streaming \ 
decompression memory,
perf: improve performance of param `ZSTD_c_targetCBlockSize`,
perf: improved compression of arrays of integers at high compression,
lib: reduce binary size with selective built-time exclusion,
lib: improved huffman speed on small data and linux kernel,
lib: accept dictionaries with partial literal tables,
lib: fix CCtx size estimation with external sequence producer,
lib: fix corner case decoder behaviors,
lib: fix zdict prototype mismatch in static_only mode,
lib: fix several bugs in magicless-format decoding,
cli: add common compressed file types to `--exclude-compressed``
cli: fix mixing `-c` and `-o` commands with `--rm`,
cli: fix erroneous exclusion of hidden files with `--output-dir-mirror`
cli: improved time accuracy on BSD,
cli: better errors on argument parsing,
tests: better compatibility with older versions of `grep`,
tests: lorem ipsum generator as default backup content,
build: cmake improvements
build: bazel support,
build: fix cross-compiling for AArch64 with lld
build: fix Apple platform compatibility,
build: fix Visual 2012 and lower compatibility,
build: improve win32 support,
build: better C90 compliance for zlibWrapper,
port: make: fat binaries on macos,
port: ARM64EC compatibility for Windows,
port: QNX support
port: MSYS2 and Cygwin makefile installation and test support,
port: risc-v support validation in CI,
port: sparc64 support validation in CI,
port: AIX compatibility,
port: HP-UX compatibility,
doc: Improved specification accuracy,
bug: Fix and deprecate ZSTD_generateSequences
   2024-03-19 11:44:39 by Nia Alarie | Files touched by this commit (1)
Log message:
zstd: do not build zlibwrapper

It is only an example and is not installed.
   2023-11-12 22:40:38 by Nia Alarie | Files touched by this commit (1)
Log message:
Fix braino.
   2023-11-10 12:49:31 by Nia Alarie | Files touched by this commit (1)
Log message:
zstd: Allow building on legacy platforms, including those without native
pthreads and Darwin/ppc.
   2023-04-30 03:39:20 by David A. Holland | Files touched by this commit (2)
Log message:
PR 57383 Mike Owens: zstd assembler bug on SPARC

Put amd64 assembler directives inside the amd64 ifdefs so they don't
get assembled on other targets.
   2023-04-30 03:37:28 by David A. Holland | Files touched by this commit (1)
Log message:
archivers/zstd: minor pkglint
   2023-04-07 12:02:14 by Thomas Klausner | Files touched by this commit (3) | Package updated
Log message:
zstd: update to 1.5.5.

v1.5.5 (Apr 2023)
fix: fix rare corruption bug affecting the high compression mode, reported by \ 
@danlark1 (#3517, @terrelln)
perf: improve mid-level compression speed (#3529, #3533, #3543, @yoniko and \ 
#3552, @terrelln)
lib: deprecated bufferless block-level API (#3534) by @terrelln
cli: mmap large dictionaries to save memory, by @daniellerozenblit
cli: improve speed of --patch-from mode (~+50%) (#3545) by @daniellerozenblit
cli: improve i/o speed (~+10%) when processing lots of small files (#3479) by \ 
@felixhandte
cli: zstd no longer crashes when requested to write into write-protected \ 
directory (#3541) by @felixhandte
cli: fix decompression into block device using -o, reported by @georgmu (#3583)
build: fix zstd CLI compiled with lzma support but not zlib support (#3494) by \ 
@Hello71
build: fix cmake does no longer require 3.18 as minimum version (#3510) by @kou
build: fix MSVC+ClangCL linking issue (#3569) by @tru
build: fix zstd-dll, version of zstd CLI that links to the dynamic library \ 
(#3496) by @yoniko
build: fix MSVC warnings (#3495) by @embg
doc: updated zstd specification to clarify corner cases, by @Cyan4973
doc: document how to create fat binaries for macos (#3568) by @rickmark
misc: improve seekable format ingestion speed (~+100%) for very small chunk \ 
sizes (#3544) by @Cyan4973
misc: tests/fullbench can benchmark multiple files (#3516) by @dloidolt