Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 14:22:13 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Mark Valentine <mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk> Cc: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>, arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Package system flaws? Message-ID: <3D2A0285.559EF2E@mindspring.com> References: <200207081946.g68Jk5NB071231@dotar.thuvia.org>
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Mark Valentine wrote: > > From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> > > You could also have one that meant `the contents of this member file are > > compressed', or one that meant `the contents of this member file are > > another archive'. Perhaps both at the same time. > > As much as I hate to rely on it in general, for specific applications > filename conventions can be very useful. What do your extensions do > that a suffix of -gtk.tar.gz in the archive TOC doesn't? Access to metadata in archives with compressed contents without the need to decompress everything. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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