From owner-freebsd-arch Sun Jul 7 16: 0:21 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 A3CA137B401; Sun, 7 Jul 2002 16:00:18 -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 1242543E4A; Sun, 7 Jul 2002 16:00:18 -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 g67N0HBu088741; Sun, 7 Jul 2002 16:00:17 -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 g67Md2Fh001627; Sun, 7 Jul 2002 15:39:02 -0700 (PDT) X-Authentication-Warning: Master.gorean.org: doug owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 15:39:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Cc: Dan Moschuk , Subject: Re: Package system flaws? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20020707153812.D679-100000@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 8 Jul 2002, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > Doug Barton writes: > > Ok, then what about storing the meta data as a seperate file? Why do they > > have to be in the same package? > > How do you ensure the metadata match the data if they're in separate > files? coolport-1.0-package.tgz coolport-1.0-meta.gz c'mon... use a little creativity. :) -- "We have known freedom's price. We have shown freedom's power. And in this great conflict, ... we will see freedom's victory." - George W. Bush, President of the United States State of the Union, January 28, 2002 Do YOU Yahoo!? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message