Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 09:14:34 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Michael Robinson <robinson@netrinsics.com> Cc: nate@yogotech.com, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New packaging tool (was Re: Applying patches with out a compiler) Message-ID: <3920145A.D38B5731@softweyr.com> References: <200005131111.TAA13455@netrinsics.com>
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Michael Robinson wrote:
>
> Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> writes:
> >There are numerous advantages to using something like ZIP, including
> >removing the requirement to 'unpack' the archive in a staging area,
> >since we could now unpack it directly in it's installation location.
> >
> >ZIP also allows signatures, and we have lots of free software that we
> >can leverage to implement the tools with it.
>
> Or, heck, why not JAR format, seeing as it's a well-defined standard, does
> everything necessary, and has multiple interoperable implementations.
JARs have a table of contents?
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