From owner-freebsd-current Mon Aug 4 00:45:48 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA20286 for current-outgoing; Mon, 4 Aug 1997 00:45:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA20276 for ; Mon, 4 Aug 1997 00:45:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id RAA20987; Mon, 4 Aug 1997 17:14:57 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199708040744.RAA20987@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Some thoughts and ideas, and quirks In-Reply-To: from Alex at "Aug 4, 97 00:26:48 am" To: garbanzo@hooked.net Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 17:14:57 +0930 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Alex stands accused of saying: > > > two cents. I honestly think that rpm style packages (meaning no more > > > split up tarballs, and no huge 70mb bin distrib) are way more convenient > > > and easier to manage. > > > > This is not a view we all share. 8) > > Who would I be if I agreed with everyone *smirk*. *chuckle* > > > more descriptive. On the other hand, I noticed that the x packages > > > installed quicker (they're in .tgz format not split up tarballs) off my > > > fat partition than did the huge tarballs 100+k/s faster on average. > > > > The speed reported by the installer is the rate of reading on the source > > file; it has nothing to do with whether the data is chunked or not. > > Well, it was off the same local FAT16 partition, so it seems to me that > the installer is doing less work. Could just be me. Those 240k chunks > still bug me. They remind me of Slackware Linux *shudder*. It could just be that the bindist is compressed more, and your output stream is the limiting factor. If you're using an IDE disk and a moderately fast CPU this is not unrealistic. Speaking as someone that's had to download the bindist over a slow and unreliable link far too many times without the benefit of ftp reget, the small files are a huge bonus. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[