Re: Please don't remove size info from pkgs.
ydirson@a2points.com (Yann Dirson) wrote on 07.03.98 in <[🔎] 199803062342.AAA32217@ppp37.a2points.com>:
> Manoj Srivastava writes:
> > If packages were to include a du -S output (unlike the du -s
> However, I would strongly advise not to use a standalone file like old
> .du files and .md5sums: the largest part of these files is occupied by
> the filenames, which are already profided by .list files.
>
> I'd suggest that we evolve towards a new generic control-file (say
> package.fileinfo), that will possibly evolve with time, as need for
> new/alternate info arise. As an example, it could look like:
>
> ====
> # name:md5sum:size
> /a/file:236d8059a2244a31aacc8e127e86f5c0:1234
> /another/file:236d8059a2244a31aacc8e127e86f5c0:5678
> ====
>
> In my example, the 1st lines defines what info is contained in the
> file. As policy will be involved, it would maybe be more interesting
> to list a file-format-version number on this 1st line.
>
> Comments, anyone ?
Bad idea. You forget that du -S only has _directory_ names.
MfG Kai
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