On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Shawn Laffan <shawn.laf...@unsw.edu.au> wrote: > > What I'm thinking of is some way for a PAR executable to detect if extra > files packed using -a are missing, and then unpack them.
Such a check would defeat the "if the cache area exists, skip extracting stuff" logic, so you'll take a hit when starting up. Also there's a (somewhat crude) lock against concurrent unpacking of the cache area that you have to keep in mind. But most of all: the code base is very brittle and prone to breaking stuff at a distance, hence I myself won't touch certain parts unless it's absolutely necessary. But if you want to try your hand at hacking: the code that extracts all packed files (excpet DLLs) into <cache area>/inc is sub _extract_inc in PAR.pm Cheers, Roderich
