id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
2974	Many packages now available as .tar.xz	rafe	lfs-book@…	"With xz now part of the requirements it makes sense to use it.
I checked for most LFS packages and found these
all available in .tar.xz ( and texinfo in .lzma - works correctly with ""tar xf pkg.tar.lzma"" )

{{{
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.68.tar.xz
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/diffutils-3.2.tar.xz
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.68.tar.xz
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gawk/gawk-4.0.0.tar.xz
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grub/grub-1.99.tar.xz
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/gzip-1.4.tar.xz
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/libtool-2.4.2.tar.xz
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.16.tar.xz
http://www.mpfr.org/mpfr-3.1.0/mpfr-3.1.0.tar.xz
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/patch/patch-2.6.1.tar.xz
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/tar-1.26.tar.xz
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/texinfo-4.13a.tar.lzma
http://tukaani.org/xz/xz-5.0.3.tar.xz
}}}

The LFS ""home"" packages could also be repacked, i.e.
iana-etc & kbd-1.15.2 & bootscripts & module-init-tools & udev
"	enhancement	closed	lowest	7.1	Book	SVN	trivial	wontfix	xz packages