Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 20:46:05 +0100 (BST) From: Mark Valentine <mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Package system flaws? Message-ID: <200207081946.g68Jk5NB071231@dotar.thuvia.org> In-Reply-To: Garrett Wollman's message of Jul 8, 3:12pm
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> From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> > Date: Mon 8 Jul, 2002 > Subject: Re: Package system flaws? > <<On Mon, 8 Jul 2002 15:41:03 +0100 (BST), Mark Valentine <mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk> said: > > > What advantage is there in storing the metadata as extended pax(1) headers > > instead of as the first file(s) in the archive? > > For one, representing files specific to a variant or option. > > 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? Cheers, Mark. -- Mark Valentine, Thuvia Labs <mark@thuvia.co.uk> <http://www.thuvia.co.uk>; "Tigers will do ANYTHING for a tuna fish sandwich." Mark Valentine uses "We're kind of stupid that way." *munch* *munch* and endorses FreeBSD -- <http://www.calvinandhobbes.com>; <http://www.freebsd.org>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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