Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 08:16:46 -0500 (EST) From: Scott Morris <smorris@tsi.gte.com> To: Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gzipped programs Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.971113081221.1199A-100000@iiohab.tsi.gte.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971112180701.1351C-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org>
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On Wed, 12 Nov 1997, Alex wrote: > > > On Wed, 12 Nov 1997, Scott Morris wrote: > > > Steve, > > > > You can pretty much assume that if you gzip a file in the bin directories > > it will be a Bad Thing(tm). The level of badness will depend on the > > particular file you zip. You really don't gain much if anything by > > compressing binaries anyway. You can compress old logfiles and such but > > stay away from configs etc. Of course if you installed the source you can > > compress or remove it if you need the space. > > I am a little clueless here, but why is it a bad thing to do this? I just > compressed BitchX with what seems like a 50% ratio, and with the pseudo > device gzip, it seems to work fine. > > - alex > I stand corrected. I had never run across that particular device. Or I saw it and just skipped it as something I couldn't imagine why I would do that. I guess I spent too many years in VMS. I'll go look through LINt now and see what else I missed. :) ----- Scott Morris GTE Telecommunication Services Inc. Information Security smorris@tsi.gte.com
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