On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > Same idea, different implementation. It is using (de)compression code that is > shared with other programs.
Being linked to it statically means it doesn't share the code. This increases dpkg code size. > Will we one day see a shared libdpkg, with more code moved into it, so that we > don't have to fork and call dpkg to do, e.g., version comparisons and > extraction of control file information? Some day, but not like you think. ----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK---- Version: 3.12 GCS d- s: a-- c+++ UL++++ P+ L++++ !E W+ M o+ K- W--- !O M- !V PS-- PE++ Y+ PGP++ t* 5++ X+ tv b+ D++ G e h*! !r z? -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK----- ----BEGIN PGP INFO---- Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Finger Print | KeyID 67 01 42 93 CA 37 FB 1E 63 C9 80 1D 08 CF 84 0A | DE656B05 PGP AD46 C888 F587 F8A3 A6DA 3261 8A2C 7DC2 8BD4 A489 | 8BD4A489 GPG -----END PGP INFO-----