Re: How about using bzip2 as the standard *.deb compression format?

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Subject: Re: How about using bzip2 as the standard *.deb compression format?
From: Paul Slootman <paul@wau.mis.ah.nl>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 16:43:10 +0200
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In-reply-to: <[🔎] 87soh4h92b.fsf@nocrew.org> from "James Troup" on 1998/10/04 12:15 +0100
References: <[🔎] 19981002222535.F1793@debian.org> <[🔎] Pine.LNX.3.96.981003083553.5664A-100000@sundance.eth> <[🔎] 19981003081229.A3187@debian.org> <[🔎] 87soh4h92b.fsf@nocrew.org>

On Sun 04 Oct 1998, James Troup wrote:
> Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org> writes:
> 
> > Old/slow/lomem machines can't properly compile X or Mozilla anyway.
> 
> Bzzt.  I've compiled xfree86 for Debian/m68k on a 386/25 equivalent
> with only 14Mb (don't ask) of memory several times.  Took 5 days,

14MB isn't that lomem...


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