On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 12:57 AM, Shawn Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> pkg -d repo.tgz search /usr/bin/neatprogram
>
> ...and be told that the baz package has the file you're looking for.

I would hope that would be

pkg -d repo.zap search /usr/bin/neatprogram

using my zap proposal for the file format. You really don't want to
start gunzipping
and untarring what might be a large file to query its metadata; you
need a format
where you can extract individual bits of data efficiently.

-- 
-Peter Tribble
http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/
_______________________________________________
pkg-discuss mailing list
[email protected]
http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss

Reply via email to