Re: dpkg binary dbase
>>"Bruce" == Bruce Sass <bsass@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca> writes:
Bruce> On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, David Wright wrote:
>> Quoting Bruce Sass (bsass@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca):
...>
>> > The result is still human readable and editable with any text editor,
>> > if you know the codes. The "special dpkg editor" would just make life
>> > easier for those not wanting to look up or learn any codes.
>>
And now the question is how much of an advantage this would
offer, considering that one has now got to ensure that both the
databases never get out of sync.
I suspect that the minor advantages in speed and memory usage
may ot be worth the effort.
manoj
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