From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Florian Paul Schmidt <mista.tapas@gmx.net>
Cc: 21949-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#21949: git-2.6.3: 108M download, but 23M installed
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2016 16:44:27 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <874mcsyh44.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87mvubnplw.fsf@gnu.org> ("Ludovic \=\?utf-8\?Q\?Court\=C3\=A8s\=22'\?\= \=\?utf-8\?Q\?s\?\= message of "Wed, 18 Nov 2015 19:12:43 +0100")
ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) skribis:
> Florian Paul Schmidt <mista.tapas@gmx.net> skribis:
>
>> I noticed this earlier and wonder if it's a bug or not:
>>
>> When downloading the git-2.6.3 substitute from hydra it is a hefty
>> 108M download, but installed in the store it's just 23M.
>
> The fact that the result is small is due to hard links (under
> libexec/git-core), resulting from deduplication performed by the daemon:
I figured a simple fix is to have ‘make install’ use symlinks instead of
hard links. Done in 1a59b6d.
Ludo’.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-02-28 15:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-11-18 7:03 bug#21949: git-2.6.3: 108M download, but 23M installed Florian Paul Schmidt
2015-11-18 18:12 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-02-28 15:44 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
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