Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 14:26:53 -0500 From: John Baldwin <john@baldwin.cx> To: Eivind Eklund <eivind@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Request for Comments: libarchive, bsdtar Message-ID: <200401161426.53446.john@baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <20040116191741.GA60158@FreeBSD.org> References: <20040116191741.GA60158@FreeBSD.org>
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On Friday 16 January 2004 02:17 pm, Eivind Eklund wrote: > On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 12:12:24PM +0100, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > > Tim Kientzle <kientzle@acm.org> writes: > > > How? Easy. Use libarchive to extract the packing > > > list---which is always the first archive entry--- > > > > Ass, U, Me. > > I believe the packing list being first in the archive is part of > the definition of the package format, and that it was done this > way to make it should be possible to access the way Tim describes. > > If my memory fails me, I suggest we make it a required invariant. Yes, this seems to be a valid requirement and one that the existing=20 pkg_create(8) already fulfills. =2D-=20 John Baldwin <john@baldwin.cx> <>< http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" =3D http://www.FreeBSD.org
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