[Pkg-openssl-devel] How come package doubles in size?

Jaap Keuter jaap.keuter at xs4all.nl
Fri Oct 5 11:19:37 UTC 2007


How come the uncompressed package size doubles going from 0.9.8e-6 to e-9
while compressed size increases by just 2k ?

p    --\ libssl-dev                                                       
                                             <none>     0.9.8e-6
  Description: SSL development libraries, header files and documentation
    libssl and libcrypto development libraries, header files and manpages.

    It is part of the OpenSSL implementation of SSL.

  Tags: devel::library, protocol::ssl, role::devel-lib
  Priority: optional
  Section: libdevel
  Maintainer: Debian OpenSSL Team <pkg-openssl-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org>
  Compressed size: 2069k
  Uncompressed size: 5693k
  Source Package: openssl


p    --\ libssl-dev                                                       
                                             <none>     0.9.8e-9
  Description: SSL development libraries, header files and documentation
    libssl and libcrypto development libraries, header files and manpages.

    It is part of the OpenSSL implementation of SSL.

  Tags: devel::library, protocol::ssl, role::devel-lib
  Priority: optional
  Section: libdevel
  Maintainer: Debian OpenSSL Team <pkg-openssl-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org>
  Compressed size: 2071k
  Uncompressed size: 10.6M
  Source Package: openssl

Thanx,
Jaap




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