From owner-freebsd-arch Mon Jul 8 12:12:20 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69DA637B400 for ; Mon, 8 Jul 2002 12:12:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu [18.24.4.193]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C32C243E3B for ; Mon, 8 Jul 2002 12:12:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu) Received: from khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g68JCHRC032746; Mon, 8 Jul 2002 15:12:17 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu) Received: (from wollman@localhost) by khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g68JCHMi032743; Mon, 8 Jul 2002 15:12:17 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from wollman) Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 15:12:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <200207081912.g68JCHMi032743@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Mark Valentine Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Package system flaws? In-Reply-To: <200207081441.g68Ef3fr063247@dotar.thuvia.org> References: <200207081441.g68Ef3fr063247@dotar.thuvia.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG < 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. -GAWollman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message