Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 14:14:13 +0100 From: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bzip2 in src tree (Was Re: ports/16252: bsd.port.mk: Add bzip2 support for distribution patches) Message-ID: <20000123141413.A49567@keltia.freenix.fr> In-Reply-To: <200001230222.SAA18355@salsa.gv.tsc.tdk.com>; from Don.Lewis@tsc.tdk.com on Sat, Jan 22, 2000 at 06:22:47PM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001221703020.4454-100000@localhost> <200001230222.SAA18355@salsa.gv.tsc.tdk.com>
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According to Don Lewis: > Doesn't bzip2 require a lot more memory for decompression? As I > recall, someone mentioned that this would cause problems for installing > releases on machines with only a small amount of RAM. Yes and is much slower than gzip. Having bzip2 as a port is enough IMO. -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 4.0-CURRENT #77: Thu Dec 30 12:49:51 CET 1999 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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