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[simargl8]

I'm planning to recompile Qt for ArchPup in attempt to reduce package size
Currently:
qt package from arch = 20.6 MB
converted to spkg (wich uses tar.bz2 compression) = 28 MB

This is what is used for all packages in ArchPup

[amigo]

Let's see, it's gonna take about 40 hours for that to compile -just hope that it doesn't go 38 hours and then end in an error... If you think it's worth doing it, tehn go right ahead.

For me, I've found a great way to avoid the problem -I don't use anything that needs QT! Works great, every time!

[Q5sys]

[disciple]

Personally, if I need QT (I do these days) I'm quite happy to put up with a "couple of MB" extra. And isn't the whole point in Arch that it's a rolling release? Are you going to build your QT package on a regular basis to keep it up-to-date?

BTW good on you for creating ArchPup - I would be using it if I hadn't already converted to Arch proper.

[simargl8]

[simargl8]

Here are the results:
compile time 1 hour 50 mins
package size 19.5MB
That means reduced iso size for 8.5 MB
Also I have tested compiling qpdfview against new qt and it worked, nice!
I'm very pleased with this process outcome!

[disciple]

Interesting. Have you compared the two packages to see where the saving is?

[simargl8]

I also think It's interesting to see what are the differences, so here they are
Arch Package

[scsijon]