I previously wrote: > Previous debian kernel packages were kind of big but the recent > packaging of 2.6.28 is _much_ bigger -- > > $ apt-cache show linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64 |grep Installed-Size > Installed-Size: 220644 > $ apt-cache show linux-image-2.6.26-1-amd64 |grep Installed-Size > Installed-Size: 80592
Something very suspicious about those sizes too: the size of the .debs for those versions is actually more or less the same, seeming to only reflect the sort of natural growth you'd expect with the version bump: $ apt-cache show linux-image-2.6.28-1-amd64 |grep ^Size Size: 24516938 $ apt-cache show linux-image-2.6.26-1-amd64 |grep ^Size Size: 20898372 [I've also packaged a self-compiled 2.6.28 kernel, using the debian 2.6.26 config as a starting point, and the unpacked size was roughly the same as the debian packaged 2.6.26 kernel.] So does this new kernel package contain a few huge files containing nothing but zeroes or something ...? Thanks, -Miles -- Rational, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
