Finished storage compression patch for rsync
Max Bowsher
maxb at ukf.net
Sat Jan 18 21:55:01 EST 2003
Green, Paul wrote:
> Harald,
>
> You might consider using zlib instead of gzip; same algorithm, same
> author, but you can access the compression code via a subroutine
> interface. You would not have to spawn another process to run gzip,
> and you would not be dependent upon the user having gzip installed.
>
> It is not covered by the GPL but I believe that its license is
> compatible with the GPL. However, I'd welcome a second opinion on
> that.
Well, I presume it is, since it's what rsync uses to implement in-transfer
compression (-z option).
Which means you shouldn't even need to deal with adding it to the rsync
build system.
Max.
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