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List:       busybox
Subject:    Re: condition of dpkg?
From:       Paul Fox <pgf () brightstareng ! com>
Date:       2007-05-30 17:30:03
Message-ID: 28416.1180546203 () brightstareng ! com
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hi kim -- thanks!  that will help us with our decision a lot...

paul

 > Hi Paul,
 > 
 > I somehow missed your original post.
 > 
 > >  > someone was asking me whether the implementation of dpkg in
 > >  > busybox was useful and/or complete enough to use in any sort
 > >  > of a product environment.
 > 
 > We are using BusyBox's dpkg in our Access Server product. It's complete 
 > and stable enough for production environment.
 > 
 > > dpkg.c, however, has been getting recent bugfixes.
 > 
 > I think most of them are submitted by me. :-)
 > 
 > >  > works?  if the space were available, would using the "real"
 > >  > dpkg be a better idea?
 > 
 > Yes. For example, you can't create deb-file with BusyBox (ok, you can, 
 > manually with tar + ar), you can only install them. BusyBox is also 
 > missing support for md5 check.

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 paul fox, pgf@brightstareng.com
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