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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Compressed Filesystem
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:46:17
Message-Id: 200912281944.52914.volkerarmin@googlemail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Compressed Filesystem by Helmut Jarausch
1 On Montag 28 Dezember 2009, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > I'm looking for a working and maintained compressed filesystem.
5 > I'd like to use it for backing up my root and my /usr filesystems,
6 > so that I can use rsync to keep it up-to-date.
7 >
8 > I've come across CompFused which seems to be just what I'm looking for,
9 > but it's buggy not maintained anymore.
10 >
11 > Similarly, fusecompress
12 > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=127433
13 > doesn't build on an up-to-date Gentoo system and doesn't
14 > look maintained either.
15 >
16 > There would be sys-fs/zfs-fuse but that sounds like overkill to me.
17 >
18 > Are there any other packages?
19 >
20 > Many thanks for a hint,
21 > Helmut.
22 >
23
24 reiser4. Bonus, it only tries to compress stuff that can be compressed (the
25 test is quick&dirty and sometimes wrong, but most of the time good enough).

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Re: [gentoo-user] Compressed Filesystem Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@××××××××××××××××.de>