When I returned to the computer this morning, the repack was
completed... with a 1.3GB pack instead.
So... The gcc repo apparently really needs a large window to efficiently
compress those large objects.
So, am I right that if you have a very well-done pack (such as gcc's),
you might want to repack in two phases:
- first discarding the old deltas and using a small window, thus
producing a bad pack that can be repacked without humongous amounts of
memory...
- ... then discarding the old deltas and producing another
well-compressed pack?
Paolo
