gzip -9 is still way better than bzip2 :D
Abel Cheung
On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Xavier Bertou wrote:
> Some remarks on rpmdrake, as asked a few mails ago.
> First, it's very long. For exemple, it uses gzip -9. What's the interest
> of such use ?
> [root@lpnp69 bertou]# cp /var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.Cooker.cz a.gz
> [root@lpnp69 bertou]# gunzip a.gz
> [root@lpnp69 bertou]# time gzip a
> 14.12user 2.30system 0:22.17elapsed 74%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k
> 0inputs+0outputs (5246major+89minor)pagefaults 0swaps
> [root@lpnp69 bertou]# ls -la a.gz
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 8014728 Feb 28 18:00 a.gz
> [root@lpnp69 bertou]# gunzip a.gz
> [root@lpnp69 bertou]# time gzip -9 a
> 40.20user 4.54system 0:56.05elapsed 79%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k
> 0inputs+0outputs (5214major+89minor)pagefaults 0swaps
> [root@lpnp69 bertou]# ls -la a.gz
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 7959056 Feb 28 18:00 a.gz
>
> For .6% of gain in space, you have to wait 150% more in front of
> your computer :(
