[Bug find-debuginfo/30097] Q: why find-debuginfo script uses cpio?

[mark at klomp dot org]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30097

Mark Wielaard <mark at klomp dot org> changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Mark Wielaard <mark at klomp dot org> ---
(In reply to kloczek from comment #0)
> Trying to minimize base build build env I found that only package which
> needs cpio  is find-debuginfo scipt.
> I have difficulty ith understandig why it needed to try to remove that
> dependency.
> 
> Is it reall necessary to use cpio in this case?

It is just an convenient way to package up a bunch of files.
It could be replaced with any other packaging system.
cpio is just known to always be there.

What would you suggest instead? And do you have a working patch?

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