Date: 07 Jul 2002 23:28:49 +0200 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Dan Moschuk <dan@FreeBSD.org>, arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Package system flaws? Message-ID: <xzpznx3mdm6.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: <3D28AF72.8F14DC40@FreeBSD.org> References: <20020706220511.GA88651@scoobysnax.jaded.net> <3D27A296.D58FB4B4@softweyr.com> <xzplm8nrgse.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20020707153457.GA1086@scoobysnax.jaded.net> <3D28AF72.8F14DC40@FreeBSD.org>
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Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> writes: > What is it about working on ports that makes people automatically > gravitate to the most hideous, complicated solutions? Why not just > create a tarball with the stuff to install, create the metadata file (in > whatever format), then create a tarball with the two together? Then, > step one is to unroll the tarball, read the metadata, grab dependencies > if needed, then proceed to do the rest of the install. 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. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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