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Thanks to the fdzipstream library [1] and zlib [2], it is possible to
generate ZIP files on-the-fly, therefore requiring no extra disk space
usage and only a small amount of memory.
Unfortunately, as of the time of this writing fdzipstream is not
packaged by any distributions yet [3], so it had to be imported as a git
submodule as a workaround.
While libarchive [4] could be an interesting alternative, writing ZIP
files is only supported by very recent versions (>= 3.8.0), which are
still not packaged by many distributions [5], either.
Moreover, libarchive is a package with several dependencies other than
zlib and is significantly larger compared to fdzipstreams, so
fdzipstreams was ultimately considered a better fit for this purpose.
[1]: https://github.com/CTrabant/fdzipstream.git
[2]: http://zlib.net/
[3]: https://repology.org/projects/?search=fdzipstream
[4]: https://www.libarchive.org/
[5]: https://repology.org/project/libarchive/versions
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