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Re: setup: built-in tar
- To: DJ Delorie <dj at delorie dot com>
- Subject: Re: setup: built-in tar
- From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall at rfk dot com>
- Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 14:21:34 -0500
- Cc: "cygwin-developers at sourceware dot cygnus dot com" <cygwin-developers at hotpop dot com>
- References: <200005231735.NAA21701@delorie.com><200005231735.NAA21701@delorie.com>
At 01:08 PM 5/23/00, DJ Delorie wrote:
> > Just something to think about, how do we deal with their mucking for
> > updates via "setup -u"?
>
>IMO we should be keeping better track of what we're installing.
>Perhaps keep a list of which files (and sizes/mtimes/checksums) came
>from which tarballs. Then, when we see that a given tarball needs to
>be installed, we can see what was already installed and what's
>currently on the disk, and make the needed corrections for the update.
Sounds to me like you're describing RPM!;-)
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