Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 00:37:51 -0700 From: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> To: Jordan K Hubbard <jkh@queasyweasel.com> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Package system flaws? Message-ID: <3D2BE44F.1D6094C0@FreeBSD.org> References: <FFFB5387-93BA-11D6-AACD-0003938C7B7E@queasyweasel.com>
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Jordan K Hubbard wrote: > but when you start distributing those packages for 3 or 4 > different architectures (as FreeBSD is definitely not far away from > doing) you also would like to not distribute 3 or 4 different copies of > the same architecture-neutral bits if you can possibly help it. That's another argument in favor of having the metadata like dependencies in completely seperate files from the binaries. Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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