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@@ -424,11 +424,16 @@ XZ Utils Installation gl_cv_posix_shell=/path/to/posix-sh as an argument to the configure script. - Some of the scripts require also mktemp. The original mktemp can be - found from <http://www.mktemp.org/>. On GNU, most will use the mktemp - program from GNU coreutils instead of the original implementation. - Both mktemp versions are fine for XZ Utils (and practically for - everything else too). + xzdiff (xzcmp/lzdiff/lzcmp) may use mktemp if it is available. As + a fallback xzdiff will use mkdir to securely create a temporary + directory. Having mktemp available is still recommended since the + mkdir fallback method isn't as robust as mktemp is. The original + mktemp can be found from <http://www.mktemp.org/>. On GNU, most will + use the mktemp program from GNU coreutils instead of the original + implementation. Both mktemp versions are fine. + + In addition to using xz to decompress .xz files, xzgrep and xzdiff + use gzip, bzip2, and lzop to support .gz, bz2, and .lzo files. 3.2. PATH |