* Tom Mueller (pkg-discuss) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-07-30 20:05]:
> Stephen Hahn wrote:
>>   1.  The Windows path and filename lengths are not allowed to impact
>>       the length of package FMRIs.  That means that this fix might need
>>       to be replaced in the future by the equivalent of a private
>>       symlink implementation (hash of the FMRI, dictionary of FMRIs and
>>       hashes).
>   
> As it stands now, the pathname in the state/installed directory is 2 
> characters longer than the installed file in the pkg area (because "state" 
> is two characters longer than "pkg").  And if license files are there, 
> those pathnames are almost certainly longer than the installed file 
> pathnames.

  Good point.

> In order to allow arbitrary length FMRIs, a reimplementation of the 
> structure under the pkg area would be needed too.

  Yep.

  Thanks
  Stephen
  
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