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doc: Mention zlib as an optional dependency. 

* doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Mention zlib.
(Invoking guix publish): Fix typo.
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Ludovic Courtès 2016-07-19 19:04:10 +02:00
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@ -546,6 +546,10 @@ Installing
allow you to use the @command{guix import pypi} command (@pxref{Invoking
guix import}). It is of
interest primarily for developers and not for casual users.
@item
When @url{http://zlib.net, zlib} is available, @command{guix publish}
can compress build byproducts (@pxref{Invoking guix publish}).
@end itemize
Unless @code{--disable-daemon} was passed to @command{configure}, the
@ -5651,7 +5655,7 @@ disable compression. The range 1 to 9 corresponds to different gzip
compression levels: 1 is the fastest, and 9 is the best (CPU-intensive).
The default is 3.
Note compression occurs on the fly and the compressed streams are not
Compression occurs on the fly and the compressed streams are not
cached. Thus, to reduce load on the machine that runs @command{guix
publish}, it may be a good idea to choose a low compression level, or to
run @command{guix publish} behind a caching proxy.