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diff --git a/src/xz/xz.1 b/src/xz/xz.1 index 9dffdc6f82be..a4aaa0027ecb 100644 --- a/src/xz/xz.1 +++ b/src/xz/xz.1 @@ -1005,6 +1005,25 @@ instead of until the details have been decided. .RE .IP "" +For 32-bit +.BR xz +there is a special case: if the +.I limit +would be over +.BR "4020\ MiB" , +the +.I limit +is set to +.BR "4020\ MiB" . +(The values +.B 0 +and +.B max +aren't affected by this. +A similar feature doesn't exist for decompression.) +This can be helpful when a 32-bit executable has access +to 4\ GiB address space while hopefully doing no harm in other situations. +.IP "" See also the section .BR "Memory usage" . .TP |