Lzip builder

This repository just bundles Lzip into a Git project. It provides a bang file to cross compile lzip for Linux, MacOS and Windows.

Usage

$ bang

This generates the Ninja file for your platform (the provided Ninja file was generated for Linux).

$ ninja help
Distribution of lzip binaries for Linux, MacOS and Windows.

This Ninja build file will compile and install:

- lzip          (Linux, MacOS and Windows)
- plzip         (Linux and MacOS)
- tarlz         (Linux and MacOS)
- lziprecovery  (Linux and MacOS)

Targets:
  help      show this help message
  compile   Build Lzip binaries for the host only
  all       Build Lzip archives for Linux, MacOS and Windows
  install   install lzip in PREFIX or ~/.local
  clean     clean generated files

Installation of Lzip

To install Lzip in ~/.local/bin:

$ ninja install

Or in a custom directory (e.g. /path/bin):

$ PREFIX=/path/ ninja install

Cross compilation of Lzip

You'll need Zig.

$ ninja all

Archives for all supported platforms are created in .build.