This is an issue for me. Does this only affect 12.04? Would upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 fix it?
If not, or also, would someone be able to explain how to downgrade gzip to a working version, like I'm 5 years old? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to gzip in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1021975 Title: gzip --rsyncable not rsyncable Status in gzip package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: i use gzip --rsyncable to compress postgresql 9 db dumps for rsyncing from an east-coast colo to a west-coast colo. the dumps are always changing in small ways so this compression speeds up the rsync by quite a bit. both the following tests are with a large text dump file on both sides, the local is newer than the remote. a gzip 1.3.12 (with http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.12-9ubuntu1.diff.gz) session ends with the usual infodump like this: rj@fudge:~$ rsync -Pvazl latest-linux-pg9.gz rj@cake: Password: sending incremental file list latest-linux-pg9.gz 1857354904 100% 2.77MB/s 0:10:39 (xfer#1, to-check=0/1) sent 310747861 bytes received 301381 bytes 456418.55 bytes/sec total size is 1857354904 speedup is 5.97 but with the ubuntu server LTS gzip 1.4 i'm getting little or no speedup: rj@fudge:~$ rsync -Pvazl latest-linux-pg9.gz rj@cake: Password: sending incremental file list latest-linux-pg9.gz 1802447002 100% 634.16kB/s 0:46:15 (xfer#1, to-check=0/1) sent 1739614120 bytes received 297265 bytes 617318.21 bytes/sec total size is 1802447002 speedup is 1.04 i haven't taken a look at the code or data to suggest the difference, but the result is noticeable. basically, not super-critical because i can build previous versions with previous-version patches, but i figured i should report it. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gzip 1.4-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Jul 6 21:21:29 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120424.1) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gzip UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gzip/+bug/1021975/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
