[debbugs-tracker] bug#21949: closed (git-2.6.3: 108M download, but 23M installed)

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regarding git-2.6.3: 108M download, but 23M installed
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> git-2.6.3: 108M download, but 23M installed
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> Hi,
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> I noticed this earlier and wonder if it's a bug or not:
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> When downloading the git-2.6.3 substitute from hydra it is a hefty
> 108M download, but installed in the store it's just 23M.
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> Compression failure? :)
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> Regards,
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> address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) skribis:
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> > Florian Paul Schmidt <address@hidden> skribis:
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> >> I noticed this earlier and wonder if it's a bug or not:
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> >> When downloading the git-2.6.3 substitute from hydra it is a hefty
> >> 108M download, but installed in the store it's just 23M.
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> > The fact that the result is small is due to hard links (under
> > libexec/git-core), resulting from deduplication performed by the daemon:
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> I figured a simple fix is to have ‘make install’ use symlinks instead of
> hard links.  Done in 1a59b6d.
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> Ludo’.
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