Re: a few tar.xz packages are bigger than their uncompressed tar

2017-10-05 Thread Jérôme Bouat
Hello No compression method need ever increase the size of the datum by more than one bit. The compressed representation can begin with a header bit which is 1 to indicate "compressed" and 0 to indicate "stored without compression". Does the xz format provide a checksum even if the file is st

Re: a few tar.xz packages are bigger than their uncompressed tar

2017-10-05 Thread Jérôme Bouat
Hello No compression method need ever increase the size of the datum by more than one bit. The compressed representation can begin with a header bit which is 1 to indicate "compressed" and 0 to indicate "stored without compression". Does the xz format provide a checksum even if the file is st

Re: a few tar.xz packages are bigger than their uncompressed tar

2017-10-05 Thread Kaz Kylheku
On 24.09.2017 11:46, Jérôme Bouat wrote: Hello, I looked into the local folder where the downloaded packages are saved before they are installed. I noticed that a few compressed archives files are using more size than their uncompressed form. For example, the libstdc++6-6.4.0-1.tar.xz file uses

Re: a few tar.xz packages are bigger than their uncompressed tar

2017-09-26 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Jérôme Bouat! > Hello, > I looked into the local folder where the downloaded packages are saved > before they are installed. I noticed that a few compressed archives files > are using more size than their uncompressed form. For example, the > libstdc++6-6.4.0-1.tar.xz file uses more sp

Re: a few tar.xz packages are bigger than their uncompressed tar

2017-09-24 Thread Marco Atzeri
On 24/09/2017 20:46, Jérôme Bouat wrote: Hello, I looked into the local folder where the downloaded packages are saved before they are installed. I noticed that a few compressed archives files are using more size than their uncompressed form. For example, the libstdc++6-6.4.0-1.tar.xz file us

a few tar.xz packages are bigger than their uncompressed tar

2017-09-24 Thread Jérôme Bouat
Hello, I looked into the local folder where the downloaded packages are saved before they are installed. I noticed that a few compressed archives files are using more size than their uncompressed form. For example, the libstdc++6-6.4.0-1.tar.xz file uses more space than its uncompressed tar fi