On 2012.12.15 2:25 PM, Leon Timmermans wrote:
>> We don't have that, but we should. Imma let you finish and not hijack your
>> post to talk about that. And IMO we should continue to assume we don't have
>> a
>> package database until we actually do.
>
> We have packlists, so we can easily map a distribution to its files.
> The reverse mapping can be generated from this, though this is
> relatively expensive.
Packlists are unreliable and have design problems. Some perl distributions
(Debian) disable them. I wouldn't build anything around them.
PS Sorry, I didn't mean to change the thread subject. I wound up writing my
own post.
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