On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 07:25:14PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > If you define "easy" as within reach of "dpkg-deb -x"... I don't. > "dpkg-deb -I" is easy.
I may not have undestood, but you don't need to extract the package: if you want a quick way to have the copyright file, you can unpack the package with `ar' and extract the file from data.tar.gz. I never needed this, but i think there are some libraries to access ar archives and then the tar archive from a c program (and probably from other languages). > Also, it would mean chaging from <non-regulated copyright files> to > <regulated copyright files, with URIs>; as opposed to the change from > <current set of metadata fields> to <current set of metadata fields > plus a field for URIs>. The latter is much less intrusive. I would prefer the first, even if it is more intrusive. IMHO an URI filed does not make sense in the package control file, and formatting a source of information (like the copyright file) makes it more accessible. ciao, -- Luca - De Whiskey's - De Vitis | Elegant or ugly code as well aliases: Luca ^De [A-Z][-A-Za-z]*[iy]'?s$ | as fine or rude sentences have Infinite loop: see `Loop, infinite'. | something in common: they Loop, infinite: see `Infinite loop'. | don't depend on the language.
