Re: dpkg binary dbase (was Re: Debian vs. Red Hat)
On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 02:37:03PM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> Bruce Sass writes:
> > I want to be able to manually add and edit entries in the DB (i.e., given
> > the freedom to royally screw things up if I feel so inclined), and it
> > doesn't matter if it is via a text editor or a special bin editor.
>
> I'm not convinced that you can write a special bin editor that you can
> guarantee will be able to fix all the ways that a bin database could get
> screwed up.
The bin editor could be just a simple conversion program from the
binary to the text mode one, then edit the file, and at last,
reconvert to the binary mode.
Bye!
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