Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 15:21:07 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Question about the packages INDEX files Message-ID: <3715F5D3.3B313BBD@uk.radan.com>
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Can anyone tell me (or is there any documentation describing) the
format of the INDEX files in the packages directories on the CDs?
I can see that there is one package name per line and the field
separator is ``|'' but the order of the entries in the file appear to
follow no pattern (i.e. not sorted).
What I plan to do is copy the whole of the packages dir from CD 1 to
/usr/packages and then create symlinks to all the packages on CD 3.
This will (hopefully) avoid the PITA caused by dependency packages
being on the other CD.
Can I just cat the 2 INDEX files together? or do they need sorting?
TIA
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