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From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] PORTAGE_COMPRESS
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 20:52:09
Message-Id: CAJ0EP42xiU2e1iOK1--JKDCu=qCfSBqnhiazmbR9fdN=N4+9iQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] PORTAGE_COMPRESS by Douglas J Hunley
1 On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 4:02 PM, Douglas J Hunley <doug.hunley@×××××.com> wrote:
2 >
3 > On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 2:29 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
4 > wrote:
5 >>
6 >> man 5 make.conf
7 >
8 >
9 > What isn't listed in the man page is if you should simply unset it:
10 > PORTAGE_COMPRESS=""
11 > or set it to something like /bin/true
12 >
13 > Any thoughts?
14 >
15
16 From /usr/lib/portage/bin/ebuild-helpers/ecompress:
17
18 # setup compression stuff
19 PORTAGE_COMPRESS=${PORTAGE_COMPRESS-bzip2}
20 [[ -z ${PORTAGE_COMPRESS} ]] && exit 0
21
22 So, to disable it, just set PORTAGE_COMPRESS to an empty string:
23
24 PORTAGE_COMPRESS=""