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Date:      Tue, 26 Aug 1997 12:52:30 +0930
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        david@sparks.net
Cc:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, Alexander Indenbaum <baum@actcom.co.il>, A Joseph Koshy <koshy@india.hp.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Checking the integrity of system files 
Message-ID:  <199708260322.MAA00584@word.smith.net.au>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 25 Aug 1997 22:35:16 -0400." <Pine.BSI.3.95.970825223331.1734B-100000@sparks.net> 

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> Out of curiosity, what are the functional limitations/drawbacks of RPM?
> Anything we can do to standardize in the free OS world is a GoodThing
> IMHO, at least as a goal:)

It uses the 'gdbm' library, which is GPL'd (note _NOT_ LGPL), and it 
still doesn't provide the level of smart integration we want/need.

mike





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