On Jul 28, 2004, Jonathan Andrews <jon(a)jonshouse.co.uk> wrote:
On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 17:56, Neal D. Becker wrote:
> One motivation that I didn't hear anyone mention:
> It is difficult to add entries/edit a flat file.
^^^Bingo !!! Somebody else hits the nail on the head
Hence the need for "A COMMON API FOR MANIPULATING TEXT IN FLAT
FILES"
Err... How does this help solve the problem of an rpm package owning
only part of such a flat text file?
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