Re: Compression Mechanism

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Thanks for that, and that makes me more curious.  Could you please
point me to sources of information that I can read to understand how
to do this?  Sites, links, tutorials that can help me in *specifying*
the compression method I want to use for packaging my RPM?

Thanks,
-Gaurav

On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 18:06:17 -0800, Bob Kashani <bobk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-12-11 at 14:43 +0530, Gaurav Jain wrote:
> 
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm new to RPM, and had a query regarding the compression method used
> > by RPM.  I want to package a software using bzip2 as the compression
> > method.  Is it possible for me to bundle this in RPM, and so that when
> > the user tries to install the RPM, it will be able to handle the bzip2
> > compressed packages?
> >
> > Also, what is the current (default) compression method used by RPM?
> 
> I don't think there is a default. You have to make the choice of using
> either gzip or bzip2 to package your tarball. I always use bzip2 for all
> my RPMS.
> 
> Bob
> 
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