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RE: Compress info and man pages ?


> From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf
> Of Frederic L. W. Meunier

> Now that the documentation is moving to /usr/share, are there
> any plans to compress the info and man pages like in cygwin-doc
> ?
>
> Since gzip is in Base I suppose that wouldn't break anything.
>
> It may save considerable disk space. Does anyone with a full
> install know how much ?

 Expect them to shrink to 35-40% of the originals.
That is ~10MB gained, "no gain" IMO - i.e. not worth the effort.

/Hannu E K Nevalainen, B.Sc. EE Microcomputer systems - 59?16.37'N,
17?12.60'E
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