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Date:      Sun, 7 Jul 2002 15:39:02 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
Cc:        Dan Moschuk <dan@FreeBSD.org>, <arch@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: Package system flaws?
Message-ID:  <20020707153812.D679-100000@master.gorean.org>
In-Reply-To: <xzpvg7rmaho.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>

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On 8 Jul 2002, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:

> Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> > Ok, then what about storing the meta data as a seperate file? Why do they
> > have to be in the same package?
>
> How do you ensure the metadata match the data if they're in separate
> files?

coolport-1.0-package.tgz
coolport-1.0-meta.gz

c'mon... use a little creativity. :)

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