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Re: [debian-installer] microdpkg



Anthony Towns wrote:
> It also depends on what udpkg is going to be used for: there are probably
> different design constraints if it has to work for populating a RAM disk
> before doing anything compared to if you've already got some scratch
> space on your hard disk.

udpkg is going to be used for the former. Maybe the latter too, but
definitely the former.

It looks like we should probably get further along on the redesign
so we can begin to get some better idea of what udpkg needs to be able
to do. Maybe we don't need dependencies. Maybe we do.

(FWIW, Randolph is working on some 9 or 10k udpkg that does support
deps.)

-- 
see shy jo



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