285199 – Ability to unpack parts of an archive instead of the complete one

Bug 285199 - Ability to unpack parts of an archive instead of the complete one

Summary: Ability to unpack parts of an archive instead of the complete one

Status:	CONFIRMED

Alias:	None

Product:	Portage Development
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Enhancement/Feature Requests (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High enhancement (vote)
Assignee:	Portage team

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Reported:	2009-09-16 14:45 UTC by Justin Lecher (RETIRED)
Modified:	2009-09-16 14:47 UTC (History)
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Description Justin Lecher (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-09-16 14:45:55 UTC

Sometimes one do not need to unpack the complete archive if only a part is needed. QT already does this.
I have a package in the sci overlay which I splitt into several parts to be able to update/patch each part seperatly. The whole complete thing is unpacked around 800mb and some of the packages just need 5mb out of it. Here it would be really helpfull just to unpack those parts.