also sprach Adam Goryachev <mailingli...@websitemanagers.com.au> [2016-08-05 01:08 +0200]: > > Why aren't we just using standard gzip or bzip2 or xz, for which > > decompressors exist on pretty much every Unix system? > I'm pretty sure there is a backuppc package for debian :)
Oh yes, sure, but do I want/need to install it on all systems that I might use to read logs? > PS, we are using BackupPC's own compression tools because: > > a) We know they will exist > b) We need to use them for the data, so might as well also use them for > the logs which will compress really well gzip will exist on a Unix system even after hell froze over… and it's by far the more intuitive to use, with integration in editors, viewers, mc, etc.. > You are free to make a patch that will use a different compression > tool, and allow that to be configured, perhaps others will > appreciate it also. I'll need to investigate this possibility. Generally, I try to avoid Perl because I just don't get it. If you have any pointers, that'd be great! -- @martinkrafft | http://madduck.net/ | http://two.sentenc.es/ http://lavender.cime.net/~ricky/badgers.txt spamtraps: madduck.bo...@madduck.net
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