Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 10:44:27 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: Michael Robinson <robinson@netrinsics.com> Cc: nate@yogotech.com, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New packaging tool (was Re: Applying patches with out a compiler) Message-ID: <200005131644.KAA05089@nomad.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <200005131542.XAA13898@netrinsics.com> References: <200005131502.JAA04832@nomad.yogotech.com> <200005131542.XAA13898@netrinsics.com>
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> >> Or, heck, why not JAR format, seeing as it's a well-defined standard, does > >> everything necessary, and has multiple interoperable implementations. > > > >FWIW, it's the same format. :) :) > > Not strictly true. All JAR files are ZIP files, but not all ZIP files are > JAR files. True. When I talk about ZIP, I meant to contrast it with PAX and TAR, not talk about details such as manifests, signatures (which are part of ZIP BTW..), and such. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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