Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 15:12:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> To: Mark Valentine <mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Package system flaws? Message-ID: <200207081912.g68JCHMi032743@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <200207081441.g68Ef3fr063247@dotar.thuvia.org> References: <200207081441.g68Ef3fr063247@dotar.thuvia.org>
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<<On Mon, 8 Jul 2002 15:41:03 +0100 (BST), Mark Valentine <mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk> said: > What advantage is there in storing the metadata as extended pax(1) headers > instead of as the first file(s) in the archive? For one, representing files specific to a variant or option. You could also have one that meant `the contents of this member file are compressed', or one that meant `the contents of this member file are another archive'. Perhaps both at the same time. -GAWollman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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