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zatricky

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From: Stockholm

Registered: 2008-09-03

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gzip with --rsyncable

Hey guys

I'm in need of the --rsyncable option in gzip but apparently its been dropped in the latest versions. I've been using it in previous distros because of the decreased rsync'ing time.

I've done a bit of searching but I'm not finding where the upstream dev work on gzip gets organised.

Can someone point me in the right direction?
Or is there anyone who knows how to get the option back?

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pacman russian roulette: yes | pacman -Rcs $(pacman -Q | LANG=C sort -R | head -n $((RANDOM % 10)))
(yes, I know its broken)

phrakture

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Registered: 2003-10-29

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Re: gzip with --rsyncable

A google for "gzip rsyncable" produced this:
http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2008-07/msg00049.html

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zatricky

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From: Stockholm

Registered: 2008-09-03

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Re: gzip with --rsyncable

The patch doesnt' seem to work.

patching file deflate.c
Hunk #8 FAILED at 687.
1 out of 10 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file deflate.c.rej
patching file gzip.c
patching file gzip.h
Hunk #2 FAILED at 283.
1 out of 2 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file gzip.h.rej
patching file trees.c

This also happens after specifically *not* applying the other patch mentioned in the PKGBUILD, gzip-fixutimens.patch.

I'll give it another bash in the morning. I might be doing something silly and I need some sleep.

Thanks phrakture

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pacman russian roulette: yes | pacman -Rcs $(pacman -Q | LANG=C sort -R | head -n $((RANDOM % 10)))
(yes, I know its broken)