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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leaf-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel > -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... _______________________________________________ Leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
