Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:29:31 +0800 From: LI Xin <delphij@delphij.net> To: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, d@delphij.net Subject: Re: Why we don't use bzip2 in sysinstall/rescue? Message-ID: <46C5323B.6040404@delphij.net> In-Reply-To: <46C52EE1.50409@u.washington.edu> References: <46C51DB3.6080709@delphij.net> <46C52EE1.50409@u.washington.edu>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig375D49FA0531BE674DE1846A Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Garrett Cooper wrote: > LI Xin wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Is there a reason behind this? (i.e. do we have some interest of >> related work?) >> >> Cheers, >> =20 > My guess is that: >=20 > 1. It's dynamically linked (IIRC only statically linked apps were > allowed in rescue). > 2. It's dynamically linked to a lib that exists in /usr (and /usr is on= > a commonly located on a separate partition, whereas /rescue isn't). >=20 > [root@optimus-vm-7 ~]# ldd `which bzip2` > /usr/bin/bzip2: > libbz2.so.2 =3D> /usr/lib/libbz2.so.2 (0x800639000) > libc.so.7 =3D> /lib/libc.so.7 (0x800748000) My fault, bzip2 is included in rescue... As a side note. For networked installation, using bzip2 would reduce traffic by ~11%. Cheers, --=20 Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> http://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! --------------enig375D49FA0531BE674DE1846A Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGxTI7OfuToMruuMARCn/FAJ9AHrfr3XnkRJZTVvdzhWTMP+7KeQCeL9I7 EhbCVbQprN573IdJ46m3eHo= =jTuB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig375D49FA0531BE674DE1846A--
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