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Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] upload-archive: use start_command instead of fork

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Erik Faye-Lund <kusmabite@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 29, 2011, 20:20 UTC
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On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 10:18 PM, René Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx> wrote:

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> Am 29.09.2011 21:54, schrieb Erik Faye-Lund:
>> So the way forward is probably to just change to a self-compiled gzip
>> in msysGit (and Git for Windows by proxy).
>>
>> I'll post the patch to build a native-gzip to the msysGit mailing list
>> (I only got 1.2.4 to compile on Windows, but it's the same version as
>> we have in msysGit so it's probably fine), and post the latest version
>> of this series soon...
>
> Good to hear that.
>
> By the way, are you aware of http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ (includes
> a native gzip 1.2.4 binary)?
Yes, but we prefer to build our binaries ourselves in the msysGit project.
> Or http://zlib.net/pigz/ (parallel gzip, no binaries)?

I'm aware of pigz, but changing the gzip implementation isn't really the scope of this change IMO.

Previous: René Scharfe
Message 33 of 33 in “port upload-archive to Windows”
  1. 0/4 port upload-archive to WindowsErik Faye-Lund, Jul 18, 2011
  2. 1/4 compat/win32/sys/poll.c: upgrade from upstreamErik Faye-Lund, Jul 18, 2011
  3. 2/4 mingw: fix compilation of poll-emulationErik Faye-Lund, Jul 18, 2011
  4. 3/4 enter_repo: do not modify inputErik Faye-Lund, Jul 18, 2011
  5. 4/4 upload-archive: use start_command instead of forkErik Faye-Lund, Jul 18, 2011
  6. Junio C HamanoJul 19, 2011
  7. Erik Faye-LundJul 28, 2011
  8. Jeff KingJul 28, 2011
  9. Jeff KingJul 28, 2011
  10. Jeff KingJul 28, 2011
  11. Erik Faye-LundAug 1, 2011
  12. Jeff KingAug 1, 2011
  13. Erik Faye-LundAug 1, 2011
  14. Jeff KingAug 1, 2011
  15. René ScharfeAug 1, 2011
  16. Johannes SixtAug 1, 2011
  17. René ScharfeAug 1, 2011
  18. René ScharfeAug 1, 2011
  19. Jeff KingAug 2, 2011
  20. René ScharfeAug 2, 2011
  21. Jeff KingAug 2, 2011
  22. Johannes SixtAug 2, 2011
  23. Jeff KingAug 3, 2011
  24. René ScharfeAug 6, 2011
  25. Johannes SixtAug 7, 2011
  26. Jeff KingAug 7, 2011
  27. René ScharfeAug 8, 2011
  28. Jeff KingAug 9, 2011
  29. René ScharfeAug 9, 2011
  30. Jeff KingAug 9, 2011
  31. Erik Faye-LundSep 29, 2011
  32. René ScharfeSep 29, 2011
  33. Erik Faye-LundSep 29, 2011

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