From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Dec 23 07:42:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA00620 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 07:42:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from wall.polstra.com (rtrwan160.accessone.com [206.213.115.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA00615 for ; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 07:42:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Received: from vashon.polstra.com (vashon.polstra.com [206.213.73.13]) by wall.polstra.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id HAA02528; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 07:42:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) From: John Polstra Received: (from jdp@localhost) by vashon.polstra.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id HAA09672; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 07:42:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 07:42:03 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199812231542.HAA09672@vashon.polstra.com> To: mike@smith.net.au Subject: Re: New packaging system Newsgroups: polstra.freebsd.hackers In-Reply-To: <199812230331.TAA00797@dingo.cdrom.com> Organization: Polstra & Co., Seattle, WA Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In article <199812230331.TAA00797@dingo.cdrom.com>, Mike Smith wrote: > > 8) I've suggested that our fearless SVr4 folks might want to look at > this, as I'm fairly sure that the package format is relatively standard. The format is documented in the SVR4 ABI book. The one I have is out of print. But I'd be happy to FAX or snail-mail the relevant pages to a couple of people. John -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." -- H. L. Mencken To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message