#include <hallo.h> * Travis Crump [Sat, Jan 18 2003, 08:43:03PM]: > Note, selecting kernel-build-2.4.20 instead of kernel-headers-2.4.20-k7 > The following extra packages will be installed: > kernel-build-2.4.20 kernel-headers-2.4.20 > The following NEW packages will be installed: > kernel-build-2.4.20 kernel-headers-2.4.20 > 0 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 30 not upgraded. > Need to get 5865kB of archives. After unpacking 147MB will be used. > > > So the kernel headers for the 2.4.20 images take up 100MB more space > than the kernel headers for 2.4.19? 100MB is not insignificant. It > doesn't even make sense, how does 5865kB unpack to 147MB?
Easily. Look at the sizes: 42300 /usr/src/linux-2.4.20/include/ We have seven flavors, so sum up to ~240MiB. The major part of this files is identical in all this flavors, so the files are replaced with symlinks, and you get about 150MB. Look at this rest - most files are almost identical except of few strings (configuration constants, kernel-version strings), so you get phantastic compresion rates with this data set. Gruss/Regards, Eduard. -- <Joeye> Ich nix Boss, ich bloss Oberdepp. -- #debian.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]