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Date:      Mon, 25 Aug 1997 20:39:15 -0700
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
To:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Cc:        david@sparks.net, Alexander Indenbaum <baum@actcom.co.il>, A Joseph Koshy <koshy@india.hp.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Checking the integrity of system files 
Message-ID:  <342.872566755@time.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 26 Aug 1997 12:52:30 %2B0930." <199708260322.MAA00584@word.smith.net.au> 

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> It uses the 'gdbm' library, which is GPL'd (note _NOT_ LGPL), and it 
> still doesn't provide the level of smart integration we want/need.

And it uses a non-standard archive format, something which many people
praise the current installation tools for not doing.  It can come in
handy to be able to disassemble a package file on some other system
and inspect it easily.

					Jordan



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