From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru>
Cc: Johannes Stezenbach <js@linuxtv.org>,
Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>,
Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>,
Dax Kelson <dax@gurulabs.com>,
Linux kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Subject: Re: Smaller compressed kernel source tarballs?
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 11:26:57 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <45142AF1.1090806@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4514292C.5000309@tls.msk.ru>
Michael Tokarev wrote:
>
> Well, I don't see any shell code here, in /usr/bin/lzma as in istalled from
> debian version 4.43-2.
>
> But note that this lzma utility does not have any 'magic number' and does
> no crc checks.
Ah, right, that's a total killer.
> On the site it's said lzma(sdk) is under rewrite to support
> new format with magic number and crc checks...
That is an absolute must, IMO. I would use the gzip format as a base.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-09-22 18:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-09-21 20:32 Smaller compressed kernel source tarballs? Dax Kelson
[not found] ` <20060921204250 .GN13641@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
2006-09-21 20:42 ` Lennart Sorensen
2006-09-21 21:17 ` Sean
2006-09-21 21:17 ` Sean
2006-09-21 21:41 ` Dax Kelson
2006-09-21 21:50 ` Bob Copeland
2006-09-21 21:57 ` Sean
2006-09-21 21:57 ` Sean
2006-09-21 22:00 ` David Lang
2006-09-21 22:24 ` Dave Jones
2006-09-21 22:16 ` David Lang
2006-09-21 22:40 ` Dave Jones
2006-09-21 22:34 ` David Lang
2006-09-21 23:38 ` Sean
2006-09-21 23:38 ` Sean
[not found] ` <Pin e.LNX.4.63.0609211455570.17238@qynat.qvtvafvgr.pbz>
2006-09-21 22:25 ` Sean
2006-09-21 22:25 ` Sean
2006-09-21 22:20 ` David Lang
2006-09-21 21:40 ` Dax Kelson
2006-09-22 14:00 ` Lennart Sorensen
2006-09-21 21:43 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-09-22 14:00 ` Lennart Sorensen
2006-09-22 16:13 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-09-22 16:13 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-09-22 16:33 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-09-22 17:41 ` Johannes Stezenbach
2006-09-22 18:09 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-09-22 18:19 ` Michael Tokarev
2006-09-22 18:26 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2006-09-25 11:51 ` Paulo Marques
2006-09-25 15:47 ` H. Peter Anvin
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-10-02 3:35 Drew Scott Daniels
2006-10-02 3:32 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2006-10-02 3:35 ` Willy Tarreau
[not found] ` <Pi ne.LNX.4.63.0610012205280.28534@qynat.qvtvafvgr.pbz>
2006-10-02 5:11 ` David Lang
2006-10-02 5:49 ` Willy Tarreau
2006-10-02 15:16 ` Phillip Susi
2006-10-02 15:48 ` David Lang
2006-10-02 20:20 ` Phillip Susi
2006-10-02 20:12 ` David Lang
2006-10-02 20:35 ` Willy Tarreau
[not found] ` <2006 1002203527.GA585@1wt.eu>
2006-10-02 21:49 ` Sean
2006-10-02 21:49 ` Sean
2006-10-02 21:42 ` David Lang
2006-10-03 2:48 ` Willy Tarreau
2006-10-03 10:28 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-10-03 18:24 ` Phillip Susi
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