Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 12:36:40 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@rover.village.org> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Alexander Indenbaum <baum@actcom.co.il>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, A Joseph Koshy <koshy@india.hp.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Checking the integrity of system files Message-ID: <199708251836.MAA20814@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <E0x32ku-0001EG-00@rover.village.org> References: <199708240303.MAA00881@word.smith.net.au> <E0x32ku-0001EG-00@rover.village.org>
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> In message <199708240303.MAA00881@word.smith.net.au> Mike Smith writes: > : Can you be more specific than "RPM-like"? Yes in that there will be > : management tools, no in that they are unlikely to be the RPM tools. > > Is there something funamentally wrong with the pkg format that is > already in use for the packages? Yeah, it requires 'unpacking' the sources in a temp directory, and then moving them to their actual locations. This means you must have 2X+ room to install a package. .2-8X room for the gzipped package, 1X room for the unpacked sources, and 1X room for the installed sources. This is why moving to a standard format like ZIP would be nice since it has a 'package listing' built in (plus encryption, passwords, and other nice features which could be used by commercial software). Unfortunately, no-one has the time/interest to build a 'zip' library. Nate
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