Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 20:10:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org> To: Dan Moschuk <dan@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Package system flaws? Message-ID: <200207100310.g6A3AZB23117@arch20m.dellroad.org> In-Reply-To: <20020707153457.GA1086@scoobysnax.jaded.net> "from Dan Moschuk at Jul 7, 2002 11:34:57 am"
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Dan Moschuk writes: > I don't think using an archive format like zip would be a step in the > right direction. If the package file format were to be redesigned, I would > vote for a custom header prepended to a bziped tarball. tar has a limitation which I've encountered: suppose you have a port that installs a man page with lots of references (i.e., hard linked files with different names with a single underlying file). Then in tar format, you get the same file copied N times. If we used cpio instead (for example) then it "knows" how to handle hard links. So I'd say cpio is better than tar, though something else altogether might be better than both. -Archie __________________________________________________________________________ Archie Cobbs * Packet Design * http://www.packetdesign.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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