Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 11:16:54 +0800 From: LI Xin <delphij@delphij.net> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Call for testers: Replace GNU gzip with NetBSD's gzip implementation Message-ID: <4529BF26.1040108@delphij.net>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigB1859D585A1145D2E166149C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, Here is a patchset that replaces the GNU gzip with NetBSD's gzip implementation, which uses zlib to do actual compress/decompress operatio= n: Go to your src/usr.bin and execute the following shar archive: http://people.freebsd.org/~delphij/for_review/bsd_gzip/shar-bsd-gzip-2006= 1009 Then, go to src/ and apply the following patch: http://people.freebsd.org/~delphij/for_review/bsd_gzip/patch-remove-gnu-g= zip-01 Currently this gzip implementation should work as a drop-in replacement for GNU gzip. I am still working on some style issues here, etc., so the current focus is functional test. Any sort of comments are welcome. Cheers, --=20 Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> http://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! --------------enigB1859D585A1145D2E166149C Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFKb8mOfuToMruuMARA7NUAJ9QyWq+D8z1MV/A8kMhxTbOX5ay1QCfZdRc OIkQAa7bc1+63Nv8WNuVfnQ= =WMNJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigB1859D585A1145D2E166149C--
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