ilug-admin at linux.ie wrote:
>> bzip2 is also used to package the Gimp, kernel, Wine (I think) and lots
> of other stuff. It can be quite a bit better than gzip, and the tar
> executable included with RH6.1 supports it supposedly, even though it's
> not documented. (haven't tested it, I think it's the -y parameter)
On stuff like the kernel it gives a fairly consistent 20% improvement
over gzip, so you wind up with a 12MB download instead of a 15MB one.
When I'm grabbing an image over a modem, this is a significant saving.
When I'm using a leased line to download, I tend to favour .tgz's
due to easier decompression and expansion via 'tar -xzf'. You can
do the same thing with 'bunzip2 x.bz2 | tar -xz' but it's a pain in
the ass ;-)
Vin
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