Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 15:15:14 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu> Cc: libh@FreeBSD.org, Richy Kim <richy@apple.com>, Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de>, (LMC) <Antoine.Beaupre@ericsson.ca> Subject: Re: packagetool.tcl Message-ID: <XFMail.010619151514.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20010619161234.Q65489@bohr.physics.purdue.edu>
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On 19-Jun-01 Will Andrews wrote: >> I think supporting the old package format will somehow be mandatory, or >> it will create total panic. > > Absolutely. I think having a little subroutine in libh to > "convert" the old package format to the new would be a good idea. Err, I would rather do this: 1) provide a package library that serves as the glue between libh's internal package API and the old package format 2) provide an actual utilitiy (a routine isn't quite going to cut it :) that will repackage an old package as a libh package -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-libh" in the body of the message
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