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Why is there a .FILELIST in a package?
If all the files are in a package than pacman can generate this while you install the package, or do I forget something?
Thanks,
David
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pacman -Ql foo
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The .FILELIST file is generated during the creation of a package to keep track all files and directory contained in the package.
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miqorz,
That command shows the files a package uses but why is this in a seperated file. Isn't it possible that when pacman installs foo that it sees what files are in the package and generates a list?
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fetreney2000,
What do you mean with 'keep track'. All the files are gzipped in a tarball so they can't get lost, can they?
I'm sure there's a good reason to have the .FILELIST but I think it would be more logic that the list is created during the installation and not during the creation of the package
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it's a minor performance optimization - it's faster to read a file than to unzip a tarball and scan all files unzipped...
it adds almost nothing to the package size, so it's really not important...
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it's a minor performance optimization - it's faster to read a file than to unzip a tarball and scan all files unzipped...
it adds almost nothing to the package size, so it's really not important...
Not to mention it makes a HELL of alot more sense to do it BEFORE the install to avoid file conflicts and it makes finding them faster.
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ok you convinced me
thanks for clearing this up,
david
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it makes it faster to check what files will be installed with the package, that's the only reason I can think of,
arch + gentoo + initng + python = enlisy
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