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Date:      Sun, 07 Jul 2002 20:54:23 -0700
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, Dan Moschuk <dan@FreeBSD.org>, arch@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Package system flaws?
Message-ID:  <3D290CEF.7181BE71@mindspring.com>
References:  <20020707152651.V679-100000@master.gorean.org>

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Doug Barton wrote:
> 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?

For the same reason the fact that root owns /etc/master.passwd is
not in a seperate file?

-- Terry

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