From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Sep 24 19:24:15 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 086AE37B401 for <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 19:24:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kanga.honeypot.net (kanga.honeypot.net [208.162.254.122]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9097043E6A for <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 19:24:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kirk@strauser.com) Received: from pooh.int (mail@pooh.int [10.0.1.2]) by kanga.honeypot.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g8P2OA1n057079 for <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 21:24:10 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from kirk@strauser.com) Received: from kirk by pooh.int with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 17u1qU-0004Qe-00 for <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 21:24:10 -0500 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP: gzip packages on FreeBSD 4-STABLE References: <F113HOzyfyz5b6KZmcK0000003f@hotmail.com> <87znu66hr9.fsf@pooh.int> <200209250122.g8P1MlZJ013525@intruder.bmah.org> From: Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com> Date: 24 Sep 2002 21:24:10 -0500 In-Reply-To: <200209250122.g8P1MlZJ013525@intruder.bmah.org> Message-ID: <87u1ke6c39.fsf@pooh.int> Lines: 21 X-Mailer: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: <freebsd-stable.FreeBSD.ORG> List-Archive: <http://docs.freebsd.org/mail/> (Web Archive) List-Help: <mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG?subject=help> (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: <mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG?subject=subscribe%20freebsd-stable> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG?subject=unsubscribe%20freebsd-stable> X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 2002-09-25T01:22:47Z, "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG> writes: > If memory serves me right, Kirk Strauser wrote: >> Would it be difficult to upgrade those old machines with ports instead of >> packages from now on? > The compression format used for packages has zero impact on upgrading > machines with ports. > Remember, we're trying to put things *back* the way they were. OK, then, I'm a little lost. Why would moving to bzip2 compression be a big problem, then? People with older systems that don't support bzip2 can still compile and install ports normally - they just can't download a pre-compiled package. Is this correct? So, other than some time compiling, they're not actually losing anything at all, are they? -- Kirk Strauser In Googlis non est, ergo non est. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message