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List:       openpkg-users
Subject:    Re: Using compress/uncompress during bootstrap
From:       Bill Campbell <bill () celestial ! com>
Date:       2003-01-15 17:16:43
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On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 10:10:39AM +0100, Thomas Lotterer wrote:
>On Tue, Jan 14, 2003, Ralf S. Engelschall wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Jan 13, 2003, Bill Campbell wrote:
>> 
>> > [...]
>> > Does the *.src.sh script benefit much from compression? [...]
>> 
>> Hmmm.... yes, indeed. You're right, it does not benefit much. [...]
>> 
>FAQ updated, see http://cvs.openpkg.org/chngview?cn=6627

Thanks for the dedication :-).

I sorta thought the file might grow.  I would expect files gzip'ed would
grow when compress'ed.

FWIW, compressing properly encrypted files is a loser as well.  Compress
first then encrypt (needless to say, I found that out the hard way).

Bill
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