Re: xz
Finn Thain dixit:
>> Rule of thumb: xz -0 is faster than gzip -6 in compression and has about
>> the same ratio...
>
>For the kernel binary, xz -0 has a better ration than gzip -9. RTFOP ;-)
Sure, I said rule of thumb, this means, in general corpus.
>> With -e, compression ratio increases...
>
>Indeed it does (though the man page warns that it can get worse):
Mh. Luckily, it rarely does. If concerned, do both and compare.
bye,
//mirabilos
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mksh auf jedem System zu installieren.“
-- XTaran auf der OpenRheinRuhr, ganz begeistert
(EN: “[…]uhr.gz is a reason to install mksh on every system.”)
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