shahms@xxxxxxxxxx (Shahms King) writes: >> [... removal of %changelog from rpms ...] >> It'd be interesting to see how much space something like this would save first. > > $ rpm -qa --changelog | wc -c > 11597562 As they are stored compressed, it is much less: | $ rpm -qpC --nodigest --nosignature *.rpm |LANG=C wc | 511863 2364195 15619260 | $ rpm -qpC --nodigest --nosignature *.rpm | gzip -9 - | LANG=C wc | 12338 67545 3136942 | $ rpm -qpC --nodigest --nosignature *.rpm | bzip2 -9 - | LANG=C wc | 6339 37933 1813872 (FC3 binaries rpms). All this discussion because of 2-3 MB additional space? Enrico
