Re: extension of lsb packages

[Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>]

On Sat, 2 Mar 2002 20:32:52 -0500
"Joey Hess" <joey@kitenet.net> wrote:

>     unsigned char magic[4];
>     unsigned char major, minor;
>     short type;
>     short archnum;
>     char name[66];
>     short osnum;
>     short signature_type;
>     short lsb_compliant;
>     char reserved[15];
> };

I forgot about the reserved bits -- that's obviously a better way to do this then I suggested as it will preserve compatibility with old versions of RPM (though a byte will suffice).

Erik

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