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+SUMMARY = "A parallel implementation of gzip"
+DESCRIPTION = "pigz, which stands for parallel implementation of gzip, is a \
+fully functional replacement for gzip that exploits multiple processors and \
+multiple cores to the hilt when compressing data. pigz was written by Mark \
+Adler, and uses the zlib and pthread libraries."
+HOMEPAGE = "http://zlib.net/pigz/"
+SECTION = "console/utils"
+LICENSE = "Zlib & Apache-2.0"
+
+SRC_URI = "http://zlib.net/${BPN}/${BP}.tar.gz"
+
+PROVIDES_class-native += "gzip-native"
+
+DEPENDS = "zlib"
+
+inherit update-alternatives
+
+do_install_class-target() {
+	# Install files into /bin (FHS), which is typical place for gzip
+	install -d ${D}${base_bindir}
+	install ${B}/pigz ${D}${base_bindir}/pigz
+	ln -nsf pigz ${D}${base_bindir}/unpigz
+	ln -nsf pigz ${D}${base_bindir}/pigzcat
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	install -d ${D}${bindir}
+	install ${B}/pigz ${D}${bindir}/gzip
+	ln -nsf gzip ${D}${bindir}/gunzip
+	ln -nsf gzip ${D}${bindir}/zcat
+}
+
+ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "80"
+ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "gunzip gzip zcat"
+ALTERNATIVE_${PN}_class-nativesdk = ""
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[gunzip] = "${base_bindir}/gunzip"
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[gzip] = "${base_bindir}/gzip"
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[zcat] = "${base_bindir}/zcat"
+ALTERNATIVE_TARGET = "${base_bindir}/pigz"