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Re: [cobalt-users] [Newbie] Making a pkg file
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] [Newbie] Making a pkg file
- From: Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri May 17 07:16:06 2002
- Organization: nobaloney.net
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
Gerald Waugh wrote:
> Actually that is a very loose, erroneous, false, untrue definition.
> .pkg files are gunzipped (tarballs) files that contain an RPM, the RPM itself
> is NOT "repackaged"
Picky, picky. If I go to a store and by an item, say a television, to
send to a friend, and the carton isn't strong enough for shipment, so I
put the whole box into another box, have I repackaged it? or have I
overpackaged it, or have I overwrapped it?
The english language is a marvelous thing <smile>.
Jeff
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