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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [pre-GLEP r3] Gentoo binary package container format
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2018 17:06:42
Message-Id: 1543597591.20082.2.camel@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [pre-GLEP r3] Gentoo binary package container format by Roy Bamford
1 On Mon, 2018-11-26 at 21:43 +0000, Roy Bamford wrote:
2 > On 2018.11.26 18:58, Michał Górny wrote:
3 > > Here's the newest version.
4 > >
5 > > Changes:
6 > >
7 > > - added explicit notion of parent directory (missing in previous GLEP
8 > > but present in implementation),
9 > >
10 > > - explicitly named GNU tar format with list of permitted extensions,
11 > >
12 > > - changed volume label to 'gpkg-1.txt' file to improve portability;
13 > > made
14 > > it explicit version identifier as well,
15 > >
16 > > - added info on other package formats to rationale.
17 > >
18 >
19 > [snip]
20 >
21 > The image archive stores all the files to be installed by the binary
22 > package. It should be included as the last of the files in the binary
23 > package container.
24 >
25 > [snip]
26 > >
27 > > --
28 > > Best regards,
29 > > Michał Górny
30 > >
31 >
32 > Its a nit today but that says that any future extensions, none
33 > yet planned, should be placed before the image archive.
34
35 Yes.
36
37 > The specification needs to avoid the use of relative references.
38 >
39
40 I don't understand. Could you be more specific what you expect instead?
41
42 --
43 Best regards,
44 Michał Górny

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Re: [gentoo-dev] [pre-GLEP r3] Gentoo binary package container format Roy Bamford <neddyseagoon@g.o>