#include <hallo.h> * Colin Watson [Mon, Aug 22 2011, 09:35:14PM]: > On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 03:49:04PM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: > > #include <hallo.h> > > * Colin Watson [Mon, Aug 22 2011, 09:27:25AM]: > > > I don't want to add more linkage, especially in light of Adam's point > > > about xz not being worth it for most manual pages anyway. > > > > Would you consider additional linkage to libdl? That is less than 15kB > > size and brings possibility to load liblzma as needed. > > > > In fact, I have an almost complete patch for man-db which dlopens > > on-the-fly. Let me know if I should proceed with that. > > Given that it apparently doesn't gain much in the way of size > improvements, I don't really see the point. But I'd look at a patch if > it doesn't make the code significantly less portable or significantly > harder to maintain.
Agreed. I stopped coding after realizing that you don't gain anything if the typical file size is within one or two filesystem blocks. A copy is stored on http://alioth.debian.org/~blade/mandb_dlopens_liblzma.diff , feel free to add it or ignore it. Regards, Eduard. -- Naja, Garbage Collector eben. Holt den Müll sogar vom Himmel. (Heise Trollforum über Java in der Flugzeugsteuerung) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110822210339.ga13...@rotes76.wohnheim.uni-kl.de
