Marc A. Lehmann on 2005-02-13 08:12:48 +0100:
The man page could be a little clearer. If you would like to
submit a diff, that would be great; otherwise, I'll take care of
it as time permits.
I'll put it on my todo list, dont' wait for me, though, I am pretty
busy. But if a diff
root on 2005-02-12 14:25:47 +0100:
Package: rzip
Version: 2.0-2
Severity: important
Unlike the manpage claims, rzip does not work for large files, as it
tries to mmap the whole file into memory:
-rw--- 1 root root 842895360 Feb 12 12:45 backup.tar
# strace rzip -9
On Sat, Feb 12, 2005 at 09:12:01AM -0500, Alec Berryman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
That is, rzip fails for most files that it is designed for.
I'm guessing that the problem is the amount of memory you have
available. rzip will copy into memory up to 900MB of the file at a
time (see the man
Marc A. Lehmann on 2005-02-12 19:23:55 +0100:
Hmm, nothing in the man page claims it's copying that much into
memory, or that it needs that much memory. It does refer to 900MB
history buffer,
For the history buffer to be effective, it must be in memory and can't
be piecemeal loaded and
On Sat, Feb 12, 2005 at 07:10:55PM -0500, Alec Berryman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Marc A. Lehmann on 2005-02-12 19:23:55 +0100:
Hmm, nothing in the man page claims it's copying that much into
memory, or that it needs that much memory. It does refer to 900MB
history buffer,
For the
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