Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 22 Sep 2006 11:26:57 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Smaller compressed kernel source tarballs? |
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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
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