From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 26 20:24:38 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D96D716A418 for ; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 20:24:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kayve@sfsu.edu) Received: from iron3.sfsu.edu (iron3.sfsu.edu [130.212.10.128]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C25DF13C474 for ; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 20:24:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kayve@sfsu.edu) X-onepass: IPPSC X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ao8CALQlm0eC1Apk/2dsb2JhbACsGw Received: from smtp01.sfsu.edu ([130.212.10.100]) by iron3.sfsu.edu with ESMTP; 26 Jan 2008 12:24:38 -0800 Received: from libra.sfsu.edu ([130.212.10.238]) by mail05a.sfsu.edu (Lotus Domino Release 7.0.3HF100) with ESMTP id 2008012612243669-2005 ; Sat, 26 Jan 2008 12:24:36 -0800 Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 12:24:36 -0800 (PST) From: KAYVEN RIESE To: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= In-Reply-To: <86hch0pqhl.fsf@ds4.des.no> Message-ID: References: <84a208a0801232306k6a34134aqd549a1ba2160fe41@mail.gmail.com> <4798479B.9030406@delphij.net> <20080124185522.23ca743f@bhuda.mired.org> <864pd15163.fsf@ds4.des.no> <86hch0pqhl.fsf@ds4.des.no> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on MAIL05a/SERVERS/SFSU(Release 7.0.3HF100 | December 5, 2007) at 01/26/2008 12:24:36, Serialize by Router on SMTP01/SERVERS/SFSU(Release 7.0.3|September 26, 2007) at 01/26/2008 12:24:38, Serialize complete at 01/26/2008 12:24:38 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="-559023410-851401618-1201379076=:7597" Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Mike Meyer Subject: Re: FreeBSD hacker 101 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 20:24:38 -0000 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ---559023410-851401618-1201379076=:7597 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=utf-8; format=flowed On Sat, 26 Jan 2008, Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav wrote: > KAYVEN RIESE writes: >> i don't recognize that as what i said, but i was trying to make the >> point that BSD DOESn't use rpm compression, and that was a point i >> was trying to make in terms of comparison/contrast > > I'm not sure what you mean by "rpm compression", since rpm is not a > compression algorithm but a set of tools and a file format (based on > gzipped cpio archives) used by those tools. gzip is compression. okay it is an archiver. all i know is that standard old boys unix uses *.tgz which is a mix of compression and archiving with tar. i have only encountered rpm sporatically because i have not done a lot of linux, but i know that when you enounter a package to be installed it seemed to me *.rpm is an alternative to *.tgz > > DES > --=20 > Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no > *----------------------------------------------------------* Kayven Riese, BSCS, MS (Physiology and Biophysics) (415) 902 5513 cellular http://kayve.net Webmaster http://ChessYoga.org *----------------------------------------------------------* ---559023410-851401618-1201379076=:7597--