Re: [debian-installer] microdpkg

2000-08-21 Thread Erik Andersen
On Sun Aug 20, 2000 at 09:25:14PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: > > I think that just like dpkg, it should be split into two programs: > microdpkg-deb to handles the low-level unpacking of packages, and > microdpkg, to do dependency checking, and so on. Maybe this will turn > out not to make sense; som

Re: [debian-installer] microdpkg

2000-08-21 Thread Glenn McGrath
Joey Hess wrote: > > > They will be written in C, or perhaps, in POSIX shell script (without > any external commands except ar, tar, gunzip, though..). > If C, would it be ok if it was specific to busybox or would it have to be independent? If its writen specifically for busybox it could acces

[debian-installer] microdpkg

2000-08-20 Thread Joey Hess
The debian-installer is an effort to redesign and rewrite debian's installer for woody. It's just getting started. We've decided that the new installer will be modular, where modules are maintained by separate people, and can be installed into the installer itself while it is running, to give it a