From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: david@lang.hm
Cc: "Ryan C. Gordon" <icculus@icculus.org>,
"Måns Rullgård" <mans@mansr.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: FatELF patches...
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 17:44:36 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091102174436.27bb467f@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.00.0911020936500.12321@asgard.lang.hm>
> how much of the package is binary executables (which get multiplied) vs
> how much is data or scripts (which do not)
IFF the data is not platform dependant formats.
> fo any individual user it will alsays be a larger download, but if you
> have to support more than one architecture (even 32 bit vs 64 bit x86)
> it may be smaller to have one fat package than to have two 'normal'
> packages.
Nope. The data files for non arch specific material get packaged
accordingly. Have done for years.
>
> yes, the package manager could handle this by splitting the package up
> into more pieces, with some of the pieces being arch independant, but that
> also adds complexity.
Which was implemented years ago and turns out to be vital because only
some data is not arch specific.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-11-02 17:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 74+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-10-30 2:19 Ryan C. Gordon
2009-10-30 5:42 ` Rayson Ho
2009-10-30 14:54 ` Ryan C. Gordon
2009-11-01 19:20 ` David Hagood
2009-11-01 20:28 ` Måns Rullgård
2009-11-01 20:59 ` Ryan C. Gordon
2009-11-01 21:15 ` Måns Rullgård
2009-11-01 21:35 ` Ryan C. Gordon
2009-11-02 4:58 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2009-11-02 15:14 ` Ryan C. Gordon
2009-11-03 14:54 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2009-11-03 18:30 ` Matt Thrailkill
2009-11-01 22:08 ` Rayson Ho
2009-11-02 1:17 ` Ryan C. Gordon
2009-11-02 3:27 ` Rayson Ho
2009-11-02 0:01 ` Alan Cox
2009-11-02 2:21 ` Ryan C. Gordon
2009-11-02 6:17 ` Julien BLACHE
2009-11-02 18:18 ` Ryan C. Gordon
2009-11-02 18:59 ` Julien BLACHE
2009-11-02 19:08 ` Jesús Guerrero
2009-11-02 6:27 ` David Miller
2009-11-02 15:32 ` Ryan C. Gordon
2009-11-02 9:16 ` Alan Cox
2009-11-02 17:39 ` david
2009-11-02 17:44 ` Alan Cox [this message]
2009-11-02 19:56 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2009-11-02 20:11 ` david
2009-11-02 20:33 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2009-11-03 1:35 ` Mikael Pettersson
2009-11-02 15:40 ` Diego Calleja
2009-11-04 16:40 ` package managers [was: FatELF patches...] Mikulas Patocka
2009-11-04 16:54 ` Alan Cox
2009-11-04 17:25 ` Mikulas Patocka
2009-11-04 17:48 ` Martin Nybo Andersen
2009-11-04 18:46 ` Mikulas Patocka
2009-11-04 19:46 ` Alan Cox
2009-11-04 20:04 ` Mikulas Patocka
2009-11-04 20:27 ` david
2009-11-04 20:02 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2009-11-04 20:08 ` Mikulas Patocka
2009-11-04 20:41 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2009-11-04 21:11 ` Mikulas Patocka
2009-11-04 21:32 ` kevin granade
2009-11-04 22:05 ` Mikulas Patocka
2009-11-04 22:19 ` Marcin Letyns
2009-11-04 22:28 ` david
2009-11-04 22:43 ` Martin Nybo Andersen
2009-11-04 23:55 ` Mikulas Patocka
2009-11-05 2:24 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2009-11-05 2:52 ` Mikulas Patocka
[not found] ` <f42384a10911050134t37a0a812hd85ff5541423dc9f@mail.gmail.com>
2009-11-05 9:35 ` Fwd: " Marcin Letyns
2009-11-10 11:40 ` Enrico Weigelt
2009-11-04 23:11 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2009-11-05 0:05 ` Mikulas Patocka
2009-11-10 11:57 ` Enrico Weigelt
2009-11-04 17:36 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2009-11-04 20:28 ` Ryan C. Gordon
2009-11-02 17:52 ` FatELF patches Ryan C. Gordon
2009-11-02 18:53 ` Alan Cox
2009-11-02 20:13 ` Ryan C. Gordon
2009-11-04 1:09 ` Ryan C. Gordon
2009-11-10 11:27 ` Enrico Weigelt
2009-11-10 12:40 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2009-11-10 13:00 ` Enrico Weigelt
2009-11-10 13:19 ` Alan Cox
2009-11-02 16:11 ` Chris Adams
2009-11-01 20:40 ` Ryan C. Gordon
2009-11-10 10:04 ` Enrico Weigelt
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2009-11-03 6:43 Eric Windisch
2009-11-03 11:21 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2009-11-10 10:10 ` Enrico Weigelt
2009-11-10 12:15 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2009-11-10 10:21 ` Enrico Weigelt
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