I just wanted you to know that bzip works *great* with kernel sources.
shalott:/park/linux/kernel# l linux-2.1.13.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25815040 Nov 22 15:45 linux-2.1.13.tar
shalott:/park/linux/kernel# gzip -9 <linux-2.1.13.tar >linux.tgz
shalott:/park/linux/kernel# bzip <linux-2.1.13.tar >linux.tbz
BZIP, a block-sorting file compressor. Version 0.21, 25-August-96.
shalott:/park/linux/kernel# l linux.*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5067692 Nov 22 16:11 linux.tbz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6318533 Nov 22 16:00 linux.tgz
shalott:/park/linux/kernel#
All The Best,
Marco
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