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Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 23:35:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org>
To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>,
	Dan Moschuk <dan@FreeBSD.org>, <arch@FreeBSD.org>
Subject: Re: Package system flaws?
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On Sun, 7 Jul 2002, Terry Lambert wrote:

> Doug Barton wrote:
> > On Sun, 7 Jul 2002, Terry Lambert wrote:
> > > > We want to be able to install a package from a non-rewindable source
> > > > without storing a temporary copy on disk.  This means the metadata
> > > > must without fail be at the very beginning of the package.
> >
> > Ok, then what about storing the meta data as a seperate file? Why do they
> > have to be in the same package?
>
> For the same reason the fact that root owns /etc/master.passwd is
> not in a seperate file?

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