On Thu, Apr 29, 1999 at 04:25:22PM -0600, Gordon Matzigkeit wrote: > >>>>> Thomas Bushnell, BSG writes: > > TBB> It is already the case that the Hurd exec server understands > TBB> gzipped executables, if -DGZIP is given at compile time (which > TBB> is the default). > > TBB> What additional work did Uchiyama do that you are referring to? > > bzip2 decompression, which is a free block-sorting algorithm that > yields smaller files than gzip at the expense of some extra time and > memory.
Be careful. Although the time is probably not a matter even for older machines, overly memory usage can kill an install on low-memory machines. Well, not that I would recommend installing Mach on any low end machine... Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09
