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Subject: Re: Checking the integrity of system files 
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On Mon, 25 Aug 1997, Nate Williams wrote:

> > In message <199708240303.MAA00881@word.smith.net.au> Mike Smith writes:
> > : Can you be more specific than "RPM-like"?  Yes in that there will be 
> > : management tools, no in that they are unlikely to be the RPM tools.
> > 
> > Is there something funamentally wrong with the pkg format that is
> > already in use for the packages?
> 
> Yeah, it requires 'unpacking' the sources in a temp directory, and then
> moving them to their actual locations.  This means you must have 2X+
> room to install a package.  .2-8X room for the gzipped package, 1X room
> for the unpacked sources, and 1X room for the installed sources.
> 
> This is why moving to a standard format like ZIP would be nice since it
> has a 'package listing' built in (plus encryption, passwords, and other
> nice features which could be used by commercial software).
> Unfortunately, no-one has the time/interest to build a 'zip' library.


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--- David 


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