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Subject: Re: Checking the integrity of system files 
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Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 12:52:30 +0930
From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
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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