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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: patch-log sizes
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Thomas Zander |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: patch-log sizes |
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Wed, 17 Dec 2003 20:44:36 +0100 |
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> This reminds me of a question that I've been meaning to ask for some
> time. Is there a strong reason why it makes sense for arch to store
> files in compressed tars as opposed to storing compressed files in
> uncompressed tars? Specifically, the difference between a .tgz
> containing many .txt files vs a .tar containg many .txt.gz files.
> (Extensions used just to illustrate the fundamental nature of the files
> in question). Presumably compression ratios would be somewhat less, but
> accessing a limited subset of the files in the tar would be *much*
> cheaper.
>
> Any thoughts? What am I missing?
Did you research this; since research on my part (actually by the
OpenOffice group) showed that this is not cheaper at all..
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Thomas Zander
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- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] patch-log sizes, (continued)
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] patch-log sizes, Tom Lord, 2003/12/16
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] patch-log sizes, Robert Collins, 2003/12/16
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: patch-log sizes, Miles Bader, 2003/12/16
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: patch-log sizes, Aaron Bentley, 2003/12/17
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: patch-log sizes, Miles Bader, 2003/12/17
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: patch-log sizes, Tupshin Harper, 2003/12/17
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: patch-log sizes, Miles Bader, 2003/12/17
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: patch-log sizes,
Thomas Zander <=
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: patch-log sizes, Tupshin Harper, 2003/12/17
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: patch-log sizes, Tom Lord, 2003/12/17
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: patch-log sizes, Tupshin Harper, 2003/12/17
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: patch-log sizes, Tom Lord, 2003/12/17
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: patch-log sizes, Miles Bader, 2003/12/17
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: patch-log sizes, Tom Lord, 2003/12/17
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] patch-log sizes, Dustin Sallings, 2003/12/16