On Wed, Jun 03, 1998 at 02:25:39AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > >>"Michael" == Michael Bramer <michael@grisu.weh.rwth-aachen.de> writes: > > Michael> I think the right place is in the *.deb-file. In the > Michael> control-file (like the description) or as new file in *.deb. > > Why do you think so? You don't give any reasons whatsoever, so > this is not a technical statement, but a mere expression of personal > preference. Oh yes, I see .. > I personally think that is a bad idea for the folowing > reasons: > > a) the data is harder to manipulate: as a separate file, dinstall > just has to rename the file to a cache area, and use zcat and > echo to generate the master sizes.gz file. > > As a control file, dinstall has to unpack the .deb file and > extract the data. I think this not a point. dinstall get the size.gz file from the .deb file (ar -x) and put it to the cache area. I don't see the difference? (And for old .deb files: dinstall unpack the .deb file in /tmp/../ and make the size.gz-file) > > b) The data is only needed on *some* machines, and only at install > time. As a separate file, it can be downloaded as needed, or not > at all (I have no need to slow down my installs, I know I have > plenty of space at the moment). You use .deb file only at install time. After that you will remove all *.deb from your hard disk. (If you don't remove the *.deb then you have a very big disk and the kBytes are not the point..) > > When it is part of the .deb file, the data is carried around with > the package all the time, whether needed or not. This is needless > duplication and wastes network bnadwidth too. All the time. You use .deb only for the install time.? You don't? > c) a control file is unpacked and kept in /var/lib/dpkg/info area, > which is a waste of space. The data is needed *before > installation*, not afterwards. This is a point. But I say: Michael> In the control-file (like the description) or as new file in *.deb. see the 'or' Then put the du information not in the control file but put it in the .deb file. Make the du-data in a file (size.gz) and put it in the .deb file like data.tar.gz, control.tar.gz. You need the information when you install a package on your debian system. I think it is a nice to download only one file to install the package. I get often packages with ftp from a mirror and install the packages with: dpkg -i *.deb. If the the size information isn't in the debian-package, then i must download two files (NAME-VERSION.deb and NAME-VERSION.size.gz) or dpkg has no information of the size and can not make a warning message. :-( We have seperate package-functions and the interface. This is a very good. You can install package with: dpkg dselect (with use dpkg) apt (with use also dpkg) The du-information is a information like name, version, depends etc. The right place is the .deb-file. Comments? Grisu
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