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Date:      Sun, 7 Jul 2002 15:27:39 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
Cc:        Dan Moschuk <dan@FreeBSD.org>, <arch@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: Package system flaws?
Message-ID:  <20020707152651.V679-100000@master.gorean.org>
In-Reply-To: <3D28BEAC.4A5BA84@mindspring.com>

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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?


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