Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 23:46:36 -0700 From: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org> To: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> Cc: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New packaging tool (was Re: Applying patches with out a compiler) Message-ID: <391E4BCC.6EA3DB59@gorean.org> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1000512123717.44824A-100000@fledge.watson.org> <E12qJVg-0005ow-00@xi.css.qmw.ac.uk> <107101bfbc60$aabeb350$040aa8c0@local.mindstep.com> <391C9CBC.4E0ED8E5@softweyr.com> <200005130137.TAA09188@nomad.yogotech.com>
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Nate Williams wrote:
> Not PAX. ZIP, since PAX and tar both require you to read to the end of
> the file to determine the contents of the file, and don't allow you to
> do random access I/O and pull out individual files.
>
> There are numerous advantages to using something like ZIP, including
> removing the requirement to 'unpack' the archive in a staging area,
> since we could now unpack it directly in it's installation location.
>
> ZIP also allows signatures, and we have lots of free software that we
> can leverage to implement the tools with it.
I concur. I've always wondered why (info-)zip hasn't enjoyed more
popularity in the unix world. I used it extensively back when I ran
OS/2, and it has a lot of nice features.
Doug
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