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by palaiologos 1507 days ago
no compressor tests the output while compressing as it hurts the performance. you can do it after compressing, though, using `bzip3 -t`.
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Right, but I would probably test the output while compressing instead of putting a big USE AT YOUR OWN PERIL sign across the front…
It seems PRs are welcome. The author/maintainer may accept that as optional behavior with a command-line flag.