Re: diff.gz file size
Quoting XRDLAB (mysxrd@giasbg01.vsnl.net.in):
> Hello,
>
> I am facing some problem with regard to gzip. I dowmloaded the
> icewm-0.9.33 files from debian archive. Netscape, unzipped the diff.gz
> file while downloading. To get on with the compilation, I just gzipped
> the diff file. But, the size in the dsc file and the actual size vary.
> So I thought the problem might be the level of compression that gzip
> is using and so set it to highest. Still I could not get the file size
> that is on the archive. The exact figures are:
>
> icewm_0.9.33-1.diff.gz 6475 (actual)
> icewm_0.9.33-1.diff.gz 6480 (got with gzip --best ice...)
>
> How do I achieve a higher compression? Or is the gzip version I am
> using (from stock hamm) older?
No idea, but it's important not to unzip these files because the
checksums don't work anymore. If you want to browse them, either
make a copy before unzipping, or, better, use mc which will do this
magically on the fly.
Cheers,
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