In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Brederlow writes: > >Would that already be a correct Packages file or would dpkg and >similar scream about wrong entries? Could old dpkg's handle the new >entries?
It seems to work for me. Any entries that are not recognised are ignored or passed through unchanged. >Theres another possibility: >Normal users wont backup their System, repartition differently and >restore the backup (at least not often). Also they wont move >directories around and link them often. We could thus trimm the du >tree down to what the current system reflects. In case the user does I don't think this will gain much... It's probably easier to separate the size information from the packages file; after all, it isn't needed either during normal operation or when removing packages, only when you're installing new packages. The rest of the time it needn't be kept locally. -- Charles Briscoe-Smith White pages entry, with PGP key: <URL:http://alethea.ukc.ac.uk/wp?95cpb4> PGP public keyprint: 74 68 AB 2E 1C 60 22 94 B8 21 2D 01 DE 66 13 E2 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
