[Bug 1064117] Re: Extremly poor compression for .tar.bz2

2013-03-12 Thread pqwoerituytrueiwoq
Fixed up stream: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=695672 ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #695672 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=695672 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to file-roller in

[Bug 1064117] Re: Extremly poor compression for .tar.bz2

2013-03-12 Thread Sebastien Bacher
** Also affects: file-roller via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=695672 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to file-roller in Ubuntu.

[Bug 1064117] Re: Extremly poor compression for .tar.bz2

2013-03-12 Thread Sebastien Bacher
** Changed in: file-roller (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Low ** Changed in: file-roller (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to file-roller in Ubuntu.

[Bug 1064117] Re: Extremly poor compression for .tar.bz2

2013-03-12 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package file-roller - 3.6.3-1ubuntu4 --- file-roller (3.6.3-1ubuntu4) raring; urgency=low * debian/patches/git_disable_libarchive_padding.patch: disable padding so the files don't have a minimal size of 10240 bytes (lp: #1064117) -- Sebastien Bacher

[Bug 1064117] Re: Extremly poor compression for .tar.bz2

2013-03-12 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: file-roller Status: Unknown = Fix Released ** Changed in: file-roller Importance: Unknown = Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to file-roller in Ubuntu.

[Bug 1064117] Re: Extremly poor compression for .tar.bz2

2013-03-05 Thread pqwoerituytrueiwoq
Also affects file-roller 3.6.3-1ubuntu3 in raring ** Tags added: file-roller quantal raring regression -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to file-roller in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1064117 Title: Extremly

[Bug 1064117] Re: Extremly poor compression for .tar.bz2

2012-10-18 Thread pqwoerituytrueiwoq
workaround: downgrade file-roller http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/file-roller#pdownload then lock the package with this command echo file-roller hold | sudo dpkg --set-selections also lock it in synaptic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs,

[Bug 1064117] Re: Extremly poor compression for .tar.bz2

2012-10-08 Thread pqwoerituytrueiwoq
launchpad only allows 1 attachemt here is the other ** Attachment added: Archive made on ubuntu 10.04 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/+bug/1064117/+attachment/3388158/+files/backlightx.tar.bz2 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 1064117] Re: Extremly poor compression for .tar.bz2

2012-10-08 Thread Dave Lentz
Does the same behavior occur with command-line tar? (I'm guessing it will because file-roller is a front-end) If it does, please change the package to tar. ** Changed in: file-roller (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1064117] Re: Extremly poor compression for .tar.bz2

2012-10-08 Thread pqwoerituytrueiwoq
chad@Compaq-Presario-CQ60:~$ tar cjf ./back.tar.bz2 Desktop/backlightx chad@Compaq-Presario-CQ60:~$ ls -l back* -rw-rw-r-- 1 chad chad 864 Oct 8 20:34 back.tar.bz2 the file is 864byetes -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 1064117] Re: Extremly poor compression for .tar.bz2

2012-10-08 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough
I did a couple of quick tests and it looks as though file roller is not actually compressing the tar file, and it doesn't matter which compression method is chosen. Not sure why it has this effect on your files as the command works as expected for other files. Steps to reproduce: 1) In Nautilus,

[Bug 1064117] Re: Extremly poor compression for .tar.bz2

2012-10-08 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough
Should have added version information: file-roller: Installed: 3.6.0-0ubuntu3 Candidate: 3.6.0-0ubuntu3 Version table: *** 3.6.0-0ubuntu3 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main amd64 Packages tar: Installed: 1.26-4ubuntu1 Candidate: 1.26-4ubuntu1 Version table:

[Bug 1064117] Re: Extremly poor compression for .tar.bz2

2012-10-08 Thread pqwoerituytrueiwoq
seems it does compress it just sets a min size (sounds really dumb for a compression app to do) from http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2065402#4 : here file-roller is 'compressing' but will never go below 10.2kB So - a folder with a number of small files 43.6kB goes to 10.6kB 34kB