Re: Request for Comments: libarchive, bsdtar

From: Eivind Eklund (eivind_at_FreeBSD.org)
Date: 01/16/04

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    On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 12:12:24PM +0100, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
    > Tim Kientzle <kientzle@acm.org> writes:
    > > How? Easy. Use libarchive to extract the packing
    > > list---which is always the first archive entry---
    >
    > Ass, U, Me.

    I believe the packing list being first in the archive is part of
    the definition of the package format, and that it was done this
    way to make it should be possible to access the way Tim describes.

    If my memory fails me, I suggest we make it a required invariant.

    Eivind.
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