On Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 11:23:24PM +0200, Goswin Brederlow wrote: > Chris Pimlott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > You would need a switch case statement that tests for all possible > formats that might be allowed. > > Having an uncompress.sh the procedure will be identical for all > compressors, just pipe it through it. > > Its far easier to replace the gzip call with an uncompress.sh call > than to program a switch case into all scripts. > > May the Source be with you.
Uhh, so how would moving all of this external to dpkg-source make it any easier to program? All of the knowledge still has to be there. Ben
