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0 pointsshmerl6y ago0 comments

How is it non deterministic? Works pretty consistently for me with pixz.

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The bytes of the compressed file are non deterministic and depend on the number of cores used, system load and other “random” factors.

shmerlOP6y ago

Can't you set those parameters during compression to something fixed? Should be doable.

esotericn6y ago

Or you can just use zstd.

The xz tool is not deterministic when compressing. The packaging team might change upstream for a few things, but diving into the innards of a compression tool is expecting a bit much.

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