Christian Lavoie wrote: >I was wondering... (And this probably already has been mentioned but >anyway), why wouldn't DPKG/APT/DSELECT use a real database server like >mySQL/mSQL/PostgreSQL/... to keep it's own database?
Because a database has to be set up, as well as taking a significant amount of space that simply isn't available on the installation floppies. dselect/apt has to work as soon as the base system is installed. If you introduce a complex product like a RDBMS, there's just too much extra that can go wrong. -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver PGP key from public servers; key ID 32B8FAA1 ======================================== "For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth" Job 19:25
