Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 12:38:54 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf GENERIC Message-ID: <199912032038.MAA01136@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 02 Dec 1999 21:02:56 EST." <19991202210256.32463@mojave.sitaranetworks.com>
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> On Thursday, 2 December 1999 at 16:16:21 -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > > msmith 1999/12/02 16:16:21 PST > > > > Modified files: > > sys/i386/conf GENERIC > > Log: > > Remove the 'gzip' image activator. We're not using a.out anymore, so save > > ourselves just over 8k. > > Does this mean that we can't gzip elf executables? Of course you can gzip them. You just can't run them while they're gzipped (and never could). If you want to do this, I suggest you look at gzexe(1) instead. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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