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List:       familiar
Subject:    Re: [Familiar] package dependencies, was: Bloat?
From:       Peter Korsgaard <jacmet () sunsite ! dk>
Date:       2002-01-31 23:59:16
Message-ID: 28bsn8mxeaz.fsf () sunsite ! dk
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>>>>> "Carl" == Carl Worth <cworth@east.isi.edu> writes:

 Carl> The "Size:" field in the Packages file is the *actual size* of
 Carl> the .ipk file, (which as mentioned before should correlate
 Carl> quite well with the actual installed size of the package). This
 Carl> is auto-generated by the script that produces the Packages file
 Carl> from a bunch of .ipk packages.

Yes but the Qtopia packages (Benjamin's CVS feed and the one from
qpe.sf.net) doesn't have Size: fields (except from uschedule,
qtopia-x, ipaqalarm and konqueror)

 Carl> I don't expect the "Installed-Size:" field to get fixed unless
 Carl> the package-building scripts generate it automatically,
 Carl> (current ipkg-build does not).

Ok. Size: might also be closer to reality because of the compression
in jffs2.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard

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