Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 18:04:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> To: wes@softweyr.com Cc: arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Package system flaws? Message-ID: <200207072204.g67M4V1F027052@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <3D289529.95C1EC8A@softweyr.com> References: <20020706220511.GA88651@scoobysnax.jaded.net> <3D27A296.D58FB4B4@softweyr.com> <xzplm8nrgse.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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In article <3D289529.95C1EC8A@softweyr.com> Wes wrote: >spersed. Zip format makes a lot of sense and is available in library >format, but I could easily tolerate tar or cpio, as well as a variety >of compression formats. The metadata should not be compressed for >speed of package processing. `pax' format provides for a convenient extension-header mechanism that would make this relatively easy to accomplish without inventing a new archive format. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | [G]enes make enzymes, and enzymes control the rates of wollman@lcs.mit.edu | chemical processes. Genes do not make ``novelty- Opinions not those of| seeking'' or any other complex and overt behavior. MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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