use xz package compression
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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base-files (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
xz compression saves 26% of deb package size :
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m@p:~$ rm -rf deb-tree/*
m@p:~$ dpkg-deb --raw-extract /var/cache/
m@p:~$ dpkg-deb --build --nocheck --uniform-
dpkg-deb : avertissement : pas de contrôle du contenu de la zone de contrôle
dpkg-deb : construction d'un paquet inconnu dans « test.deb ».
m@p:~$ ls -l test.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 m m 44664 févr. 18 15:17 test.deb
m@p:~$ ls -l /var/cache/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 60156 févr. 8 21:03 /var/cache/
m@p:~$
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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: base-files 9.4ubuntu4.4
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-62-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Sat Feb 18 15:17:58 2017
Dependencies:
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-02-01 (16 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
SourcePackage: base-files
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)