>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Libarchive also provides automatic detection the the compression and archive >> algorithm. This potentiates switching the compression/archive algorithm >easily >> and provides backward compatibility. Also interfacing the compression/archive >> algorithm with e.g. ".pac" can be done easier. >> Another aspect is size reduction. The bzip2 algorithm provides better compression >> and the cpio format is also a bit smaller. > >hmm, i'm not sure about cpio vs tar (i prefer tar), but bzip2 is >obviously considerable > >the trouble is that using tar + gzip during a full installtion is >better, but if you have to download the packages from the net, then of >course tar + bzip2 perfoms better > >so using bzip2 instead of gzip in fpms would be a good idea imho Ok good, I think then it just needs a bit testing and you can integrate it. > >udv / greetings, >VMiklos cu Matthias-Christian
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