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#1 2011-01-27 22:53:44
- graysky
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kernel26 in [testing] 40 % larger than prev. build
The new line in the PKGBUILD for the -3 and -4 series compresses the modules via gzip which according to the comment saves 100 MB of space. I don't understand but somehow the size of the compiled package is about 40 % larger larger now:
34.8 MB -- kernel26-2.6.37-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
Compared to
25.0 MB -- kernel26-2.6.37-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
If the modules are compressed shouldn't that equate to a reduction in package size as well as installed size? Am I missing something?
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#2 2011-01-27 22:57:50
- Allan
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Re: kernel26 in [testing] 40 % larger than prev. build
xz can probably not compress gzip compressed data very well resulting in this increase.
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#3 2011-01-27 23:02:11
- graysky
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Re: kernel26 in [testing] 40 % larger than prev. build
A little counterintuitive but makes sense... at least the installed package is smaller. Thanks for the reply.
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