Re: [Gnu-arch-users] moving an archive

[Dustin Sallings]

On Monday, Sep 15, 2003, at 07:21 US/Pacific, Robert Collins wrote:

> > I think it's possible to just 'mv' the category directory into a new 
> > archive,
> > and re-register it in the new archive. But there's no guarantee that 
> > this
> > will always work. It just happens to work at the moment.
>
> It won't work at the moment, you'll end up with corrupt information, 
> and
> gremlins. Don't do it, and don't try it.

	I did this and found that it didn't work.  That's where my original 
questions came from.  :)

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Dustin Sallings