Re: FYI: dh_upx compresses i386 executables
On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 11:50:44AM -0700, John H. Robinson, IV wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 11:41:56AM -0700, Alexander Hvostov wrote:
> > On Sat, 21 Apr 2001 11:40:15 -0700 "John H. Robinson, IV" wrote:
> >
> > > however, on something like boot-floppies, this might be a
> > > goddess-send.
> >
> > What about filesystem-level compression?
>
> http://www.netspace.net.au/~reiter/e2compr/intro.html :
>
> I wouldn't use e2compr on a ``production'' machine (where
> neither faults nor delays are tolerated).
>
I would say the same about 2.4 kernel :-)
> i would have to say no to that.
>
> if there were indication that it was ready to stabalize and be ready for
> prime time, then add it to unstable and wait for bugreports (make it an
> option, of course).
I've run it for years (well, almost 2 :-)) on a heavily loaded
production server without any problems whatsoever...
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