Re: RPM roadmapping

[Ralf Ertzinger <fedora camperquake de>]

Hi.

On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:53:43 +0300, Jonathan Dieter wrote:

> The main problem with using cpio is that individual files have a limit
> of 2GB (which isn't a problem in most cases, but it is a limit).  Why
> not push a newer cpio format that changes all 16-bit and 32-bit
> records to 64-bit (along with specifying endienness)?

What exactly is the use case of files larger than 2GB wrt RPM?

I just do not see the need for this.