[debbugs-tracker] bug#17698: closed ([PATCH] gzip: --rsyncable missing in gzip.1 man page)

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> Thu, 05 Jun 2014 10:34:36 +0200
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> Based on notes of Rob Rye from links 
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gzip/2010-06/msg00002.html and 
> http://beeznest.wordpress.com/2005/02/03/rsyncable-gzip/, composed together to 
> describe --rsyncable option of gzip.
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> Signed-off-by: jchaloup <address@hidden>
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>  doc/gzip.texi |    3 +++
>  gzip.1        |    3 +++
>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
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> diff --git a/doc/gzip.texi b/doc/gzip.texi
> index 3de3063..28453b0 100644
> --- a/doc/gzip.texi
> +++ b/doc/gzip.texi
> @@ -394,6 +394,9 @@ method (less compression) and @option{--best} or 
> @option{-9} indicates the
>  slowest compression method (optimal compression).  The default
>  compression level is @option{-6} (that is, biased towards high compression at
>  expense of speed).
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> address@hidden --rsyncable
> +Having a compressed file and synchronized between two computers using rsync, 
> this option allows after changing a file not to send an entire new archive but 
> just a small portion of it. Normally, after a change in any file of an archive, 
> compressing algorithm can generate completely different archive that differs 
> from the old one. This causes rsync to transmit entirely new version to the 
> remote computer. With this option, rsync is able to transmit just the changed 
> portions (plus some minimal padding in the area of the archive that necessarily 
> changed as a result of the changes in the file).
>  @end table
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>  @node Advanced usage
> diff --git a/gzip.1 b/gzip.1
> index 71e097c..8c5d8c7 100644
> --- a/gzip.1
> +++ b/gzip.1
> @@ -322,6 +322,9 @@ indicates the slowest compression method (best compression).
>  The default compression level is
>  .BR \-6
>  (that is, biased towards high compression at expense of speed).
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> +.B \-\-rsyncable
> +Having a compressed file and synchronized between two computers using rsync, 
> this option allows after changing a file not to send an entire new archive but 
> just a small portion of it. Normally, after a change in any file of an archive, 
> compressing algorithm can generate completely different archive that differs 
> from the old one. This causes rsync to transmit entirely new version to the 
> remote computer. With this option, rsync is able to transmit just the changed 
> portions (plus some minimal padding in the area of the archive that necessarily 
> changed as a result of the changes in the file).
>  .SH "ADVANCED USAGE"
>  Multiple compressed files can be concatenated. In this case,
>  .I gunzip
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> GNU gzip doesn't have an --rsyncable option, so I'm afraid you'll need 
> to send this to the maintainer of the patched version you're using.
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