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Re: LSB Spec 1.0 Criticism



Previously Theodore Tso wrote:
> CPIO format files specify file ownerships by numeric ID, not by name.

As far as I know that is not true. Also rpm has a seperate metadata
section with ownership for each file you can use so you never have
to rely on the specific uid used (unless you have something is broken
as qmail whichi hardcodes uids).

Wichert.

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