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| author | Patrick McDermott <pehjota> | 2017-08-07 14:07:15 (EDT) |
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| committer | Patrick McDermott <pehjota> | 2017-08-07 14:07:15 (EDT) |
| commit | 2aa66ceff5b28c197e2ef04bab71f03e0f34a71b (patch) | |
| tree | 979051c8cf817366efef44b6f20d8f7ee9672b2e /dev/pkg | |
| parent | 29697346d39948ba5499537b1ea5491074bce965 (diff) | |
dev/pkg/opkg/static: Downplay archive size compared to Packages sizes
Diffstat (limited to 'dev/pkg')
| -rw-r--r-- | dev/pkg/opkg/static.mdwn | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/dev/pkg/opkg/static.mdwn b/dev/pkg/opkg/static.mdwn index cb623b2..62c733f 100644 --- a/dev/pkg/opkg/static.mdwn +++ b/dev/pkg/opkg/static.mdwn @@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ would continue to depend on `libopkg.1`, while `opkg-static` would not. This allows platforms *without* other libopkg-using applications to use opkg without libopkg's symbols and allows platforms *with* other libopkg-using applications to share libopkg between multiple executables. This however comes at the -expense of increased package archive size. +expense of slightly increased package archive size (and, more importantly, the +size of package feed index files cached on ProteanOS systems). An alternative to the naming of the `opkg` and `opkg-static` binary package names is to use `opkg-dynamic` and `opkg`, respectively. @@ -60,7 +61,8 @@ executable that dynamically links against libopkg. This means duplicated code and some increase in file system usage on any platforms that may someday include some other libopkg-using application in the future. But it also minimizes file system usage on platforms where opkg is the only user of libopkg, like option 1, -and balances package archive size between options 1 and 2. +and balances package archive size between options 1 and 2 (and has the same +package feed index file sizes as option 1). Conclusion ========== |