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Date:      Wed, 12 Nov 1997 18:07:54 -0800 (PST)
From:      Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net>
To:        Scott Morris <smorris@tsi.gte.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: gzipped programs
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971112180701.1351C-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.971112103945.29434A-100000@iiohab.tsi.gte.com>

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On Wed, 12 Nov 1997, Scott Morris wrote:

> Steve,
> 
> You can pretty much assume that if you gzip a file in the bin directories 
> it will be a Bad Thing(tm). The level of badness will depend on the 
> particular file you zip. You really don't gain much if anything by 
> compressing binaries anyway. You can compress old logfiles and such but 
> stay away from configs etc. Of course if you installed the source you can 
> compress or remove it if you need the space.

I am a little clueless here, but why is it a bad thing to do this?  I just
compressed BitchX with what seems like a 50% ratio, and with the pseudo
device gzip, it seems to work fine.

- alex




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