2 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 73afd6a..77258d0 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+- use external gzip for decompression, faster
+
 Version 6.5 - 5 September 2012, by Thierry Vignaud
 
 - compress XML data with xz instead of lzma
diff --git a/genhdlist2 b/genhdlist2
index e6ca4f1..0dabfe0 100644
--- a/genhdlist2
+++ b/genhdlist2
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ sub build {
 	    archive => "$hdlist.tmp",
 	    compress => "gzip",
 	    uncompress => "gzip -d",
+	    extern => 1,
 	    comp_level => 9,
 	) or die "Can't create archive";
     }