[Clfs-dev] Patch sizes

[William Harrington]

Greetings


Current patch sizes:

570     m4-1.4.16-no-gets-1.patch
743     ncurses-5.9-bash_fix-1.patch
749     colo-1.22-relocation_fix-1.patch
830     yaboot-1.3.17-ofpath_path_prefix-1.patch
1057    hfsutils-3.2.6-fixes-1.patch
1080    iana-etc-2.30-get_fix-1.patch
1603    perl-5.18.1-libc-1.patch
1864    iproute2-3.10.0-libdir-1.patch
1946    perl-5.18.1-Configure_multilib-1.patch
2361    procps-3.2.8-fix_HZ_errors-1.patch
2810    colo-1.22-make_fix-1.patch
2979    texinfo-4.13a-new_compressors-1.patch
3074    procps-3.2.8-ps_cgroup-1.patch
4285    yaboot-1.3.17-stubfuncs-1.patch
4864    coreutils-8.21-uname-1.patch
4989    readline-6.2-branch_update-3.patch
6395    dvhtool-1.0.1-fixes-1.patch
6823    elftoaout-2.3-64bit_fixes-1.patch
9402    gcc-4.8.1-pure64-1.patch
9580    make-3.82-fixes-1.patch
10551   man-1.6g-i18n-1.patch
19769   gcc-4.8.1-specs-1.patch
21919   powerpc-utils_1.1.3-fixes-2.patch
22657   gcc-4.8.1-pure64_specs-1.patch
31746   silo-1.4.14-fixes-3.patch
57547   bash-4.2-branch_update-7.patch
75682   tar-1.26-man-1.patch
153070  iputils-s20121221-fixes-1.patch
178869  aboot-0.9b-fixes-5.patch
2550109 ncurses-5.9-branch_update-4.patch
3846361 iana-etc-2.30-numbers_update-20120610-2.patch
7539108 gcc-4.8.1-branch_update-1.patch
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14575392


We can compress those that are 1M or over or so:

gcc branch branch patch
iana etc patch
ncurses branch patch

336456  ncurses-5.9-branch_update-4.patch.xz
404048  iana-etc-2.30-numbers_update-20120610-2.patch.xz
1136628 gcc-4.8.1-branch_update-1.patch.xz

So then our total for the patch sizes becomes:

2516946

Less to download, and we can add xzcat to the patch commands for  
ncurses, gcc, and iana-etc.

Any comments?  Or is the size difference trivial?

Sincerely,

William Harrington