> On Jan 26, 2016, at 1:47 AM, Vincent Habchi <vi...@macports.org> wrote: > >>> I was under the impression that Apple already compressed the files and >>> programs installed with the operating system, using HFS compression, ever >>> since taking up less disk space was listed as a feature of Snow Leopard. >> Yeah, I thought so too, but I also have the impression that may not always >> work as advertised after a few updates have been applied. Easy enough to >> check with `ls -lO` (/usr/bin/ls that is). > > I’ve applied René method, disabling SIP while compressing /Applications. It > gave me some significant savings, thus I surmise all the applications are not > compressed. Xcode is, though, but things like iWorks (Pages, etc.) are not. > > I am not space savings in Snow Leopard were the result of using file > compression.
According to the Ars Technica review of Snow Leopard, 97% of executable files in Snow Leopard are compressed. http://arstechnica.com/apple/2009/08/mac-os-x-10-6/3/ > I’d rather wager Apple get rid of some universal code (ppc/ppc64) in 10.6. > 10.5 was the final version usable with ppc, AFAIR. 10.6 removed ppc64 code but kept ppc code. 10.7 removed ppc code. _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev
