cvs commit: src/sys/boot/i386/loader Makefile

[John Baldwin]

On Wednesday 01 June 2005 10:28 am, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 12:28:08AM +0300, Maxim Sobolev wrote:
> > David E. O'Brien wrote:
> > >obrien      2005-05-31 21:16:51 UTC
> > >
> > >  FreeBSD src repository
> > >
> > >  Modified files:
> > >    sys/boot/i386/loader Makefile
> > >  Log:
> > >  Put bzip2 support on equal footing with gzip support.
> > >  Enable bzip2 support by default, set LOADER_NO_BZIP2_SUPPORT to
> > > disable it.
> >
> > This only increases the size of loader without any good reason. Please
> > stop making nonsense commits.
>
> And having gzip support on by default only increases the loader without
> any good reason.  We provide a feature rich environment.  The loader
> isn't at the brink of its size limit like boot0 is.  I put bzip2 on par
> with gzip support.  If this support bloats the loader too much, we should
> disable the gzip support then, not the bzip2 support - as you know bzip2
> compresses better.

We use gzip on the install CDs and install floppies.  This change made the 
install floppy for i386 overflow. :)  We don't use bzip2 anywhere on the 
install media.

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