From owner-freebsd-arch Sun Jul 7 15:30:26 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EC7237B401; Sun, 7 Jul 2002 15:30:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 12-234-90-219.client.attbi.com (12-234-90-219.client.attbi.com [12.234.90.219]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A490243E58; Sun, 7 Jul 2002 15:30:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DougB@FreeBSD.org) Received: from Master.gorean.org (master.gorean.org [10.0.0.2]) by 12-234-90-219.client.attbi.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g67MUIBu088510; Sun, 7 Jul 2002 15:30:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DougB@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (doug@localhost) by Master.gorean.org (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) with ESMTP id g67MRda0001595; Sun, 7 Jul 2002 15:27:39 -0700 (PDT) X-Authentication-Warning: Master.gorean.org: doug owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 15:27:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Cc: Dan Moschuk , Subject: Re: Package system flaws? In-Reply-To: <3D28BEAC.4A5BA84@mindspring.com> Message-ID: <20020707152651.V679-100000@master.gorean.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 7 Jul 2002, Terry Lambert wrote: > > We want to be able to install a package from a non-rewindable source > > without storing a temporary copy on disk. This means the metadata > > must without fail be at the very beginning of the package. Ok, then what about storing the meta data as a seperate file? Why do they have to be in the same package? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message