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Date:      Tue, 30 Sep 1997 00:49:36 +0200
From:      Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>
To:        ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Uh oh.. Time to take another look at the packages collection!
Message-ID:  <19970930004936.47437@keltia.freenix.fr>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.970929063053.29948B-100000@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca>; from Tim Vanderhoek on Mon, Sep 29, 1997 at 06:32:10AM -0400
References:  <19970928234543.04027@mooseriver.com> <Pine.GSO.3.96.970929063053.29948B-100000@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca>

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According to Tim Vanderhoek:
> We could also try using the bzip compressor instead of gzip, but
> I'm not sure about bzip's export status.  It may compress
> significantly better, though...

It will probably do much better and get us a 10-20% saving. It will only be
a temporary one and, much more important, bzip require as much as 5 times
the memory of gzip !

-- 
Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: There are no limits -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr
FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-CURRENT #35: Sun Sep 21 19:28:07 CEST 1997



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