[Clfs-dev] Patch sizes

[Martin Ward]

On 13/09/13 20:37, William Harrington wrote:
> 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
> ============================================
> 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
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Trivial, I would say these days, compared to the sizes of some of the 
packages and don't they come down anyway if you render the book yourselves


Martin