Why is there a FILELIST in a package?

leeghoofd · 2005-04-30 12:38:38

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

miqorz · 2005-04-30 13:40:33

pacman -Ql foo

fetreney2000 · 2005-04-30 14:23:09

The .FILELIST file is generated during the creation of a package to keep track all files and directory contained in the package.

leeghoofd · 2005-04-30 14:24:10

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?

leeghoofd · 2005-04-30 14:30:10

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

phrakture · 2005-04-30 15:53:00

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...

miqorz · 2005-04-30 15:59:55

phrakture wrote:

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.

leeghoofd · 2005-04-30 21:53:08

ok you convinced me

thanks for clearing this up,
david

xerxes2 · 2005-04-30 23:16:17

it makes it faster to check what files will be installed with the package, that's the only reason I can think of,

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Why is there a FILELIST in a package?

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