On Fri, Nov 09, 2012 at 12:26:19PM +0100, Bastian Blank wrote: > | dpkg-deb: building package `linux-image-3.6-trunk-amd64' in `test.gzip.deb'. > | dpkg-deb -Zgzip -b debian/linux-image-3.6-trunk-amd64 test.gzip.deb 62.96s > user 1.78s system 101% cpu 1:03.77 total
Some further tests show clearly why this is the case: | gzip -c data.tar > /dev/null 6.51s user 0.04s system 99% cpu 6.548 total | gzip -9c data.tar > /dev/null 61.46s user 0.08s system 99% cpu 1:01.54 total dpkg-deb defaults to -9 for gzip. This mode takes ten times. This all for an negligible advantage of 1% smaller package. Bastian -- No one may kill a man. Not for any purpose. It cannot be condoned. -- Kirk, "Spock's Brain", stardate 5431.6 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121109145253.ga31...@waldi.eu.org