Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 20:16:38 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Makoto Matsushita <matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Old port recompiles needed (Re: Unknown symbol"__sF") Message-ID: <3DAA3716.F4E7691@mindspring.com> References: <3DA9D95D.C1319A72@mindspring.com> <20021013205915.GK10829@hades.hell.gr> <3DA9EA62.D337E8A0@mindspring.com> <20021014114320A.matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org>
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Makoto Matsushita wrote: > tlambert2> That's 3.4 hours saved on a 28.8K modem download time, > tlambert2> overall... a 14% reduction in size. > > The percentage doesn't matter. If ISO image is compressed, user who > downloads the image may de-compress that image to burn (I don't know > any about the burner softwares which support compressed ISO image). > What's happen if there is no space to make de-compressed image on a HDD? fetch -o - URL | gunzip > unzipped_image or ftp> get filename |"gunzip > unzipped_image" > Also, the image size is still over 200MB; it is too large to fetch via > 28.8k link IMHO (saving 3.4hours doesn't help either). There are lots > of broadband connection services we can temporary buy (at airport, > starbucks, etc), so why not use it for large file downloads :-) I'm not really worried about the people who have access to such links, or who "wouldn't do it anyway"; they aren't the target market -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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