Subject: Re: pkgtools diffs
To: None <perry@piermont.com>
From: None <proff@iq.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 08/27/1998 01:16:57
> 
> Todd Vierling writes:
> > On Wed, 26 Aug 1998, Alistair Crooks wrote:
> > 
> > : I'm also a bit concerned about having two pkg_delete (for
> > : example) binaries on one system, and the choice of which one is used
> > : depending on order of directories in your path.
> > 
> > Have the pkgtools pkg rename the /usr/sbin variety to `.old' variants.
> 
> Isn't there some way we could transcend this whole problem, such as
> naming the ones in /usr/sbin something different to begin with (to
> distinguish them as something you only use during "bootstrap")?
> 
> Perry
> 

This isn't an issue. just have a database that includes version
information related to its structure.

Cheers,
Julian.