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rugxulo AT gmail DOT com wrote:
> On Nov 1, 8:59 pm, "H. Peter Anvin" <h DOT  DOT  DOT  AT zytor DOT com> wrote:
>> It would also be nice to
>> know what algorithm it ends up using so I can tell it to use the same
>> one every time, instead of trying them all every time taking time (a
>> whopping minute every night ;)
> 
> I told you to just use "--lzma" instead, but did you listen?
> Noooooooo.  :-P   ;-)
> 

Just plain --lzma was substantially bigger, though.  It look
"--lzma --best --all-filters" to get the equivalent.

	-hpa

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