Re: Python Update Program

[eeyem u washington edu]

On Sat, Jul 01, 2000 at 05:50:17PM -0400, Sean Thomas Middleditch wrote:
> Um, I have a regular expression that parses a filename into
> packege/version/type (.tar.gz, .i386.rpm).  I need to add more types
> (like .deb, .apt, etc.) but I don't know most of them, and I'm unsure if
> they have mutliple 'parts' like RPM's (as in the .i586, .src and so on)
Debian already has an excellent system for updating software automatically,
so I doubt you'll need to support .debs.

<flamebait>Have fun emulating it with one of the inferior systems,
though.</flamebait>

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