Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 16:53:04 -0800 (PST) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org> To: Christopher Vance <vance@nu.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: distfile Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001301652230.15772-100000@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20000131112918.A72930@nu.org>
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On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, Christopher Vance wrote: > Actually, I was hoping to rsync the .tgz, .tar.gz, or .zip files. I > hadn't checked the zlib algorithms and relevant RFCs enough to know > who much difference you'd get in compressed archive for a minor change > in the underlying file. I'll believe you that it's nasty, and have to > do my fetches unattended overnight... Sigh. If a single bit changes in the uncompressed file, the entire compressed file will be different from that point on. Kris ---- "How many roads must a man walk down, before you call him a man?" "Eight!" "That was a rhetorical question!" "Oh..then, seven!" -- Homer Simpson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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