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On Tue, 15 Dec 2015 09:19:36 -0500 |
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Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> wrote: |
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> On 15 Dec 2015 07:28, Ulrich Mueller wrote: |
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> > >>>>> On Tue, 15 Dec 2015, Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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> > |
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> > > On 14 Dec 2015 21:22, Ulrich Mueller wrote: |
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> > >> The spec seems incomplete. I cannot find a description of the user and |
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> > >> group files' format. (But in fact, there is a standard format which |
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> > >> suggests itself, namely that of the passwd(5) and group(5) files.) |
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> > > i recall going with xml at the time, but i can't find reference to it. |
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> > |
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> > So the package manager would have to parse XML? We have tried to avoid |
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> > that, so far. |
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> not entirely accurate considering we have metadata.xml |
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Not entirely accurate considering the contents of metadata.xml are not |
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necessary to build and install packages. |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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<http://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/> |
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