Re: deb + tar + bzip2 suggestion

[Stephan Kulow <coolo@itm.mu-luebeck.de>]

> 
> I think it would be a good idea to teach tar to unpack bzip2 files via 
> the -z option, just as if it would be gzip. Alternativly one could
> teach gzip to use bzip2 for .bz2 archives or teach dpkg to distinguish 
> between the two.
> 
> The main advantage would be that one could use tar.bz2 for deb
> packages without altering dpkg and thereby save a lot of space.
> 
> Whats the general opinion about this and is maybe somebody already
> working on it?
> 
I think, you could save some space, but the installation time of Debian
would increase dramaticly. I wouldn't like to see this. While it would be
a big plus for ftp users, it would be a big minus for CD users. 

BTW: tar can handle bz2 files. you can use --use-compress-program=bzip2.

Greets, Stephan

-- 
Stephan Kulow (coolo@kde.org)
Student of medical CS
Medical University of Luebeck (MFCH)


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