Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 16:28:23 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: bakul@netcom.com, bde@zeta.org.au Cc: freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: install compressed binary patch Message-ID: <199503160628.QAA19077@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>> I think the gzip image activator already does a better job than this. >It does? Then why are people saying that running >compressed binaries are not shared? >> Neither does a very good job with the following issues: >> >> - caching. Everything should probably be cached for a while >> (days?) if there is enough space. >My scheme handles it (read the more detailed description in >my email, just below the section you quoted). OK, I was wrong. The gzip image activator actually only handles one case well - when you have more memory than disk. Expanding the image on disk is very unattractive when the disk is a 1.2MB boot floppy. Bruce
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