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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] better support for binary packages
From: Kobboi <gentoo@lermytte.be>
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On Mon, 2009-05-25 at 11:54 +0200, Philipp Riegger wrote:

> The current situation:
> 
> Binary packages are (usually) stored
> in /usr/portage/packages/$category/$package-$version.tbz2. The package
> consists of the "real binary package" and the metadata (combined using
> xpak or whatever).

No, the metadata is stored in a separate Packages file.

Regards,
Kobboi