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Re: Consens for `Filename: ' in Packages file?



Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca> writes:

> I would much prefer to have the Filename field be relative to the location
> of the Package file, it would make mirroring small sections simpler. But
> doing that will break dselect.

It's also a bad idea because the Packages file would then not be
complete.  You'd have to know where it came from.  And if you know
where it came from, you easily trim that directory off the Filename if
you wish.


Guy


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