On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 01:08:21PM -0400, Albert den Haan wrote: > The LSB's LCD ("Lowest Common Denominator") is working on a simple package > system that is the *intersection* of capabilities the major ones in current > use. Yes the RPM V3 [1] package archive file format is being used (as > *.lsb files), but to handle data dpkg both requires and will not choke on. [snip] > > [1] Note that this archive file format is understood by both the rpm V3 and > V4 programs. may i suggest you use a more generic format? .debs are nothing more then an ar archive containing a couple gzipped tarballs. they can extracted on virtually any system, regardless of OS even. this is a tremendous advantage IMO, both because for example slackware need not put rpm into thier distro, and more importantly for recovery purposes. it can be a life saver to be able to quickly extract a package on a badly hosed system. (lets say a bout of filesystem corruption wipes out /bin/rpm) and yes i have had this type of thing happen before. debian's human readable and editable package database, and open and standard ar+tar+gzip package format saved me from a reinstall. this choice of using the rpm binary format should be reconsidered IMNSHO. i don't really care whether you use the debian ar+tar+gzip, or just plain .tar.gz, just use something i can extract *anywhere* with the most basic and standard tools, without having to go and compile rpm or some rpm archive extracter. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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