./filesystems/squashfs, Tools for squashfs archives

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Branch: CURRENT, Version: 4.6.1, Package name: squashfs-4.6.1, Maintainer: pkgsrc-users

Squashfs is a highly compressed read-only filesystem for Linux. It
uses either gzip/xz/lzo/lz4/zstd compression to compress both files,
inodes and directories. Inodes in the system are very small and all
blocks are packed to minimise data overhead. Block sizes greater than
4K are supported up to a maximum of 1Mbytes (default block size 128K).

Squashfs is intended for general read-only filesystem use, for archival
use (i.e. in cases where a .tar.gz file may be used), and in constrained
block device/memory systems (e.g. embedded systems) where low overhead is
needed.

This package contains tools to manipulate squashfs archive files.


Required to run:
[archivers/lzo] [archivers/lz4] [archivers/zstd]

Required to build:
[pkgtools/cwrappers]

Package options: lz4, lzo, reproducible, xattr, xz, zlib, zstd

Master sites:

Filesize: 280.125 KB

Version history: (Expand)

CVS history: (Expand)


   2024-11-08 10:07:53 by Tobias Nygren | Files touched by this commit (1) 
Log message:
squashfs: remove BROKEN_ON_PLATFORM+=Darwin

Builds OK for me and at least the unsquashfs(1) tool works.
   2023-10-03 21:26:20 by Sean Cole | Files touched by this commit (7) 
Log message:
4.6.1	25 MAR 2023	Bug fix release to fix race condition and XATTRs
			code

	1. Race condition which can cause corruption of the "fragment table"
	   fixed.  This is a regression introduced in August 2022, and it has
	   been seen when tailend packing is used (-tailends option).
	2. Fix build failure when the tools are being built without extended
	   attribute (XATTRs) support.
	3. Fix XATTR error message when an unrecognised prefix is found
	   (Christian Hesse).
	4. Fix incorrect free of pointer when an unrecognised XATTR prefix is
	   found.
   2022-05-05 15:22:44 by David H. Gutteridge | Files touched by this commit (1) 
Log message:
squashfs: add to PKG_FAIL_REASON, per SOP
   2021-10-26 12:25:31 by Nia Alarie | Files touched by this commit (47) 
Log message:
filesystems: Replace RMD160 checksums with BLAKE2s checksums

All checksums have been double-checked against existing RMD160 and
SHA512 hashes
   2021-10-07 15:51:05 by Nia Alarie | Files touched by this commit (47) 
Log message:
filesystems: Remove SHA1 hashes for distfiles
   2020-06-20 01:11:37 by Sean Cole | Files touched by this commit (1) 
Log message:
fix comment
   2020-06-19 23:17:46 by Sean Cole | Files touched by this commit (11) 
Log message:
Welcome to Squashfs 4.4.  This is the first release in over 5 years, and
there are substantial improvements: reproducible builds, new compressors,
CVE fixes, security hardening and new options for Mksquashfs/Unsquashfs.

Please see the INSTALL file for instructions on installing the tools,
and the USAGE file for documentation on how to use the tools.

Summary of changes
---------------------------------------

1. Mksquashfs now generates reproducible images by default.  Mkfs time and
   file timestamps can also be specified.

2. Support for the Zstandard (ZSTD) compression algorithm has been added.

3. Pseudo files now support symbolic links.

4. CVE-2015-4645 and CVE-2015-4646 have been fixed.

5. Unsquashfs has been further hardened against corrupted filestems.

6. Unsquashfs is now more strict about error handling.

7. Miscellaneous new options and major bug fixes for Mksquashfs.

8. Miscellaneous new options and major bug fixes for Unsquashfs.

9. Squashfs-tools 4.4 is compatible with all earlier 4.x filesystems
   and releases.

For pkgsrc changes, now GitHub is now the main repository and using libtool
   2020-03-20 12:58:37 by Nia Alarie | Files touched by this commit (640) 
Log message:
*: Convert broken sourceforge HOMEPAGEs back to http