On Wed, Sep 06, 2000 at 10:06:58PM -0400, Michael Soulier wrote: > On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Nathan E Norman wrote: > > > You only need a shell to edit a text file. You also only need to read > > and understand pseudo-english. > > Not to mention the fact that text editors are a tad more common > and standard than say, a registry editor.
Yes, but the binary database could be automatically compiled when necessary, so main data is in the text one, but then it could be compiled into the binary one. Look at sendmail configuration... this is not done automatically, but it works like this. You have simple text files and you "compile" them later into binary databases. For dpkg could be... if the text database is newer than the binary one, compile it. Bye > > Mike > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Juli-Manel Merino Vidal Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://jmmv.cjb.net
