--- "Mikhail P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wednesday 11 June 2003 11:25, Gëzim wrote:
> > 2.) Is it possible to use .tar.gz files instead of
> > .tar.bz2 since the former (.tar.gz) compiles
> faster
> > eventhough it takes longer to download?
> 
> Hm, do you mean it unpacks faster?.. The difference
> between bz2 and gz, is 
> that BZIP2 compresses data better than gzip, however
> it takes more resources 
> to pack/unpack, but saves space. It does not take
> faster to compile, but 
> faster to unpack with tar.gz
> 
> Mikhail.
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Ohhh, I see! I thought it takes less time to compile.
Thanks Mikhail, and by the way nice signature :)

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