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SubjectRe: Smaller compressed kernel source tarballs?
Michael Tokarev wrote:
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> 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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