Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 17:37:29 +0000 (GMT) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: obrien@NUXI.com, Adrian Penisoara <ady@warpnet.ro>, cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/news/tin Makefile ports/news/tin/files md5 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903271736560.3322-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <14490.922553771@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Sat, 27 Mar 1999, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <19990327085310.A87737@relay.nuxi.com>, "David O'Brien" writes: > >> > Maybe I should add to the handbook that bzip2'd distfiles are to be > >> > preferred over gzip'd versions.... > >> > >> Then please suggest that bzip2 should be integrated in the base > >> distribution too; would there be licensing problems ? > > > >I have thought of suggesting we import Bzip2 (it is under an MIT/CMU/UCB > >license, not GLP) switch from .tgz for packages to .tbz. But don't care > >to fight that battle. ;-) > > > >I have found the current split of packages between CD #1 and CD #3 to be > >a pain. Ex: ImageMagic on CD #3 depends on stuff on CD #1, which I never seem > >to install until ImageMagic demands it. And my two most used ports, vim5 > >and mutt are on CD #3 and aren't in sysinstall's listing of ports. > >BUT, I don't have any ideas how to do a better job than Steve did. So I > >haven't brought this up before. > > How much smaller would all the ports be if we bzip2'ed them ? > > How hard would it be to make pkg_add aware of both formats and "DTRT" ? And make 'tar xvfz' understand it too. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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