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Re: why apt/dpkg not using bzip2



Previously David Starner wrote:
> Speed reasons - gzip is significantly faster than bzip2, which matters
> for old ix86 (x=3,4) and m68k machines which run Debian.

bzip2 also uses more memory which can be an issue with lowmemory
systems.

Wichert.

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