On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:24:28 +0100 Michael Haubenwallner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > +1 for general metadata query interface. > > In prefix (specifically on AIX) we have some nasty requirement to > merge object files inside archive files, because shared-objects > should be members of a static libraries, fex libstdc++.so.6 is an > archive member of libstdc++.a. > > This (still experimental) inside-library-merge currently is done using > some hackery in profile.bashrc, but this requires access to > vdb/CONTENTS in pre_pkg_postrm() to clean up after unmerge.
CONTENTS isn't metadata in the conventional sense... If someone's redesigning VDB, they're very unlikely to keep CONTENTS in the same format. So you'd need a second, different interface for that... -- Ciaran McCreesh
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