Re: Something is broken in repack

From: Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
Date: Dec 12, 2007, 16:17 UTC
Message-ID: <fjp1iu$rv3$1@ger.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.0.99999.0712120743040.555@xanadu.home>

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> When I returned to the computer this morning, the repack was 
> completed... with a 1.3GB pack instead.
> 
> So... The gcc repo apparently really needs a large window to efficiently 
> compress those large objects.

So, am I right that if you have a very well-done pack (such as gcc's), you might want to repack in two phases:

- first discarding the old deltas and using a small window, thus 
producing a bad pack that can be repacked without humongous amounts of 
memory...

- ... then discarding the old deltas and producing another 
well-compressed pack?

Paolo