Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 11:14:55 +0000 From: George Cox <gjvc@extremis.demon.co.uk> To: David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net>, 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: <20000124111455.A5739@extremis.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20000123223616.C44712@dragon.nuxi.com>; from obrien@FreeBSD.ORG on Sun, Jan 23, 2000 at 10:36:16PM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001232205190.254-100000@localhost> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001240115550.315-100000@picnic.mat.net> <20000123223616.C44712@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On 23/01 22:36, David O'Brien wrote: > BUT, if we bzip2'ed the base system distribution, we'd be able to fit > more Packages on the 1st CDROM, and that is a BIG win. With it in the This would indeed be good. Let's also remember that 'tar' has built-in support for bzip2 so it's not as if it would have no other programs to work with it. :-) best; gjvc -- [gjvc] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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