Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 15:51:16 +0100 From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> Cc: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, Dan Moschuk <dan@freebsd.org>, arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Package system flaws? Message-ID: <20020707145116.GC5610@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <xzplm8nrgse.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> References: <20020706220511.GA88651@scoobysnax.jaded.net> <3D27A296.D58FB4B4@softweyr.com> <xzplm8nrgse.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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--jy6Sn24JjFx/iggw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Jul 07, 2002 at 12:09:05PM +0200, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > One thing we could improve a lot is the package file format. We > currently use gzipped tarballs, which have to be completely unpacked > before processing can begin. One improvement we can make is to use an > archive format such as zip that allows us to extract individual files > quickly, so we can extract the metadata and check dependencies > etc. without unpacking the entire package. =20 gzipped UFS filesystem images that can be mounted on a vn/md device. . . N --=20 FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://www.freebsd.org/ (__) FreeBSD Documentation Project http://www.freebsd.org/docproj/ \\\'',) \/ \= ^ --- 15B8 3FFC DDB4 34B0 AA5F 94B7 93A8 0764 2C37 E375 --- .\._/= _) --jy6Sn24JjFx/iggw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9KFVjk6gHZCw343URAqnRAJ9z9byoMumCrwhwsnpg5TG2Ma4gsQCfVKCW 5fu863HFmnEUKeKf2Xx/gLM= =Ft1z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --jy6Sn24JjFx/iggw-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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