🚀 go-pugleaf

If the problem is just to keep track of related files why dont just add
an option to install to accept a package name and let it group the files.
In short:
1) choose a directory where packages info will reside. /usr/etc/packages or
   /usr/lib/packages for instance. In this directory files with package name
   will reside.
2) This files will contain info about files in the package. Say:
   full_pathname permissions size crc links
   full_pathname related_package links
   The second is to allow an interaction mode for a program written for GNU
   Emacs to be grouped in both packages for instance.
3) Add the options to GNU install to allow it to install packages, like
    +package_name +package_version.
4) Add lspackage and rmpackage to fileutils.

This is not a complete proposal, just some thoughts about the possible
organization. IMHO this have the advantage of being compatible with the
existing practice. It allows system administrators to add the package
structure to any existing program simply modifing the install tag of
the makefile.

Ciao
Stefano

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