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@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+# Copyright (C) 2022 Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
+# Stefan Herbrechtsmeier <stefan.herbrechtsmeier@weidmueller.com>
+#
+"""Bintool implementation for xz
+
+xz allows compression and decompression of files.
+
+Documentation is available via::
+
+ man xz
+"""
+
+from binman import bintool
+
+# pylint: disable=C0103
+class Bintoolxz(bintool.BintoolPacker):
+ """Compression/decompression using the xz algorithm
+
+ This bintool supports running `xz` to compress and decompress data, as
+ used by binman.
+
+ It is also possible to fetch the tool, which uses `apt` to install it.
+
+ Documentation is available via::
+
+ man xz
+ """
+ def __init__(self, name):
+ super().__init__(name, fetch_package='xz-utils',
+ version_regex=r'xz \(XZ Utils\) ([0-9.]+)')
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ This supports the following compression algorithm:
lz4
lzma
lzo
+ xz
Note that for lzma this uses an old version of the algorithm, not that
provided by xz.
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ This requires the following tools:
lz4
lzma_alone
lzop
+ xz
It also requires an output directory to be previously set up, by calling
PrepareOutputDir().
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ from binman import bintool
from patman import tools
# Supported compression algorithms
-ALGORITHMS = ['bzip2', 'gzip', 'lz4', 'lzma', 'lzo']
+ALGORITHMS = ['bzip2', 'gzip', 'lz4', 'lzma', 'lzo', 'xz']
bintools = {}