On Sat, 2003-02-01 at 10:54, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: > To avoid re-inventing the wheel, I would suggest an RDB format database > system, which is built out of plain ascii text files, and manipulated > with small programs via shell scripts. Something like rdb (perl) or > nosql (shell & awk): > > ftp://ftp.rand.org/pub/RDB-hobbs/ > http://www.linux.it/~carlos/nosql/ > > It has always been my intention to use something like this (ported to > pure shell, or perhpas with a few complex modules written in c or forth) > for the next generation packaging system, so using it for configuration > too would be a good thing. :)
Charles, Did your evaluation of iPKG indicate it wasn't useful for this purpose? iPKG the Itsy Package Management System http://www.handhelds.org/z/wiki/iPKG -- Mike Noyes <mhnoyes @ users.sourceforge.net> http://sourceforge.net/users/mhnoyes/ http://leaf-project.org/ http://sitedocs.sf.net/ http://ffl.sf.net/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel