[tex-live] Could LZMA compression be combined with SFX format ?

[Vladimir Volovich]

"PT" == Philip TAYLOR writes:

 PT> After testing, the SFX file is actually /smaller/ than the
 PT> original LZMA !!!!!

this is probably because you were compressing using 7z, but not using
lzma, and it happened that 7z compressed the ISO image slightly better
than lzma. it is not related to usage of SFX (which always makes the
archive slightly bigger than without SFX, using the same compression
level).

Best,
v.