On 15 Dec 2015 15:33, Michał Górny wrote: > On Tue, 15 Dec 2015 09:19:36 -0500 Mike Frysinger wrote: > > On 15 Dec 2015 07:28, Ulrich Mueller wrote: > > > >>>>> On Tue, 15 Dec 2015, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > > > > > > On 14 Dec 2015 21:22, Ulrich Mueller wrote: > > > >> The spec seems incomplete. I cannot find a description of the user and > > > >> group files' format. (But in fact, there is a standard format which > > > >> suggests itself, namely that of the passwd(5) and group(5) files.) > > > > > > > i recall going with xml at the time, but i can't find reference to it. > > > > > > So the package manager would have to parse XML? We have tried to avoid > > > that, so far. > > > > not entirely accurate considering we have metadata.xml > > Not entirely accurate considering the contents of metadata.xml are not > necessary to build and install packages.
read the context. your statement is fairly obvious. -mike
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