On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Matt Schalit wrote:

> Jack Coates wrote:
>
>
> > A factor here is that most distributions will backup anything there into
> > local.lrp, which doubles up your space usage.
>
> As far as I've seen, a properly coded .list file ensures
> that any directory and/or files in my .list file won't get
> backed up by other packages like local.lrp.  Isn't that the
> case?  My pfw.lrp lives entirely under /usr/local and doesn't
> get backed up in local.lrp.
>
>

Hm, so the backup process checks the list files of all other .lrps? I
guess I don't understand how that works. Your experience clearly shows
that it does though.

>
> > The lrp file format
> > prevents many of the cleanup issues that led to a filesystem standard
> > being attempted in the first place,
>
> I've seen Charles discuss the deficiences of the .list file.
> After reading that, I'm glad I don't make full distros for fun.
>
> > so I don't see an issue with package
> > developers making everything they do act like it's part of the
> > distribution (or making everything live in one dir, for that matter).
>
>
> 'which' is always going to be a popular command :)
> Matt
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