Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 22:47:38 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freefall.FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bzip2 - is it worth to take a look at? Message-ID: <199804070547.WAA00658@antipodes.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 05 Apr 1998 11:32:07 %2B0200." <199804050932.LAA10636@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE>
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> > A new compression tool - bzip2 - is gaining popularity and I > want to put it to discussion whether it could be used to augment > the installation floppy towards even higher functionality like > containing more tools etc. etc. Bzip is an unattractive alternative to gzip for a number of reasons: - It's significantly slower in most cases. - It's a memory pig. - The only code for handling bzip-compressed data is bzip, which is GPL'd. - The author admits to uncertainty regarding the legal status of the code. > bzip2 compresses about 20 % better than gzip. > > Try it at: > > ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/apps/ Try /usr/ports/archivers/bzip2. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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