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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Packages
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2024 23:28:59 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 9 Aug 2024 16:55:58 -0500, Craig A. Berry wrote:

> In theory, if one knew the locations of *all* of the pieces, one could
> reverse engineer an older kit and build a new one like it with the new
> images and data from an installation.  But there are a lot of things
> that could go wrong, depending on what changed between versions.

Seems like proprietary vendors do *not* have the incentive to support any 
kind of modular package management.