Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 15:24:37 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, Andre Oppermann <andre@freebsd.org>, cvs-src@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/tar ABOUT-NLS AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog ChangeLog.1 FREEBSD-Xlist FREEBSD-upgrade INSTALL NEWS PORTS README README-alpha THANKS TODO src/contrib/tar/doc fdl.texi freemanuals.texi getdate.texi header.texi tar.texi version.texi ... Message-ID: <20060916192437.GA15425@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <450C30ED.7090901@freebsd.org> References: <200609150804.k8F84O1H056038@repoman.freebsd.org> <20060915155912.GA71796@xor.obsecurity.org> <450AD508.10608@freebsd.org> <20060915180315.GB74735@xor.obsecurity.org> <450C30ED.7090901@freebsd.org>
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--W/nzBZO5zC0uMSeA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Sep 16, 2006 at 10:14:21AM -0700, Tim Kientzle wrote: > >>>>Remove vestiges of GNU tar. > >>> > >>>:( > >>> > >>>gtar is still much faster than bsdtar...oh well. > >> > >>What makes gtar so much faster than bsdtar? > > > >I don't know, tkientzle told me once he'd try to look at it, but I > >don't think anything came of it. >=20 > bsdtar doesn't overlap I/O and (de)compression. > In some cases, this makes gtar faster. My tests were on an uncompressed tarball, so I don't think that's the only cause. > I still intend to experiment with async I/O and/or > mmap to see if that addresses the difference. Kris --W/nzBZO5zC0uMSeA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFDE91Wry0BWjoQKURAkBTAKCdNgrbVBF0Yr9i5vA9VUNQpWabRgCeOOrz srSUgjjM4fSHClhvX97ru0g= =YBjY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --W/nzBZO5zC0uMSeA--
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