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Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 14:21:34 -0500
To: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject: Re: setup: built-in tar
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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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