On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 05:56:26PM -0000, Andres Mujica wrote: > it seems it's already done. At least for Jaunty and Karmic: > > file /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-8-generic > /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-8-generic: Linux kernel x86 boot executable bzImage, > version 2.6.30-8-generic (bui...@vernad, RO-rootFS, root_dev 0x801, swap_dev > 0x3, Normal VGA > and...@mostro:~$ file /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic > /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic: Linux kernel x86 boot executable bzImage, > version 2.6.28-11-generic (bui...@palme, RO-rootFS, root_dev 0x6801, swap_dev > 0x3, Normal VGA
Andres, that's for the kernel image itself, not for the .deb. I'm talking about the feature whereby you can select a different compression method for the data.tar part of the .deb. Furthermore, contrary to popular belief, the "bz" in "bzImage" does *not* denote bzip2 compression; it simply indicates a "big" variant of the older zImage format that's loaded into high memory. That said, my original request does appear to have been implemented a while ago, so this bug can remain closed despite the incorrect closure reason: $ ar t /mirror/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/linux-image-2.6.30-8-generic_2.6.30-8.9_i386.deb debian-binary control.tar.gz data.tar.bz2 -- Use bzip2 compression for linux-image-* debs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/93702 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
