Do not compress chrome.7z into chrome.packed.7z for developer (component) builds.

chrome/tools/build/win/create_installer_archive.py

Index: chrome/tools/build/win/create_installer_archive.py
diff --git a/chrome/tools/build/win/create_installer_archive.py b/chrome/tools/build/win/create_installer_archive.py
index b01468a7212f467a4d6b2c22f3e428a0f85f10c8..b6c162328f54baf39433cd834c4a8bc735d817a0 100755
--- a/chrome/tools/build/win/create_installer_archive.py
+++ b/chrome/tools/build/win/create_installer_archive.py
@@ -210,6 +210,13 @@ def CreateArchiveFile(options, staging_dir, current_version, prev_version):
     os.remove(archive_file)
     RunSystemCommand(cmd)
 
+  if options.skip_compress_archive == '1':
+    compressed_file = os.path.join(
+        options.output_dir, options.output_name + COMPRESSED_ARCHIVE_SUFFIX)
+    if os.path.exists(compressed_file):
+      os.remove(compressed_file)
+    return options.output_name + ARCHIVE_SUFFIX

[robertshield, 2012/08/14 16:45:28]

change this to os.path.basename(archive_file)

[gab, 2012/08/14 19:15:37]

Done.

+
   # If we are generating a patch, run bsdiff against previous build and
   # compress the resulting patch file. If this is not a patch just compress the
   # uncompressed archive file.
@@ -565,6 +572,9 @@ def _ParseOptions():
            'input file.')
   parser.add_option('--component_build', default='0',
       help='Whether this archive is packaging a component build.')
+  parser.add_option('--skip_compress_archive', default='0',
+      help='Whether compressing chrome.7z into chrome.packed.7z should be '
+           'skipped.')

[robertshield, 2012/08/14 16:45:28]

Mention that this also deletes any existing chrome.packed.7z file

[gab, 2012/08/14 19:15:37]

Wrote an inspiring comment :)

 
   options, _ = parser.parse_args()
   if not options.build_dir: