Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 04:14:36 +0200 From: "Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <corecode@corecode.ath.cx> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: DougB@FreeBSD.ORG, des@ofug.org, dan@FreeBSD.ORG, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Package system flaws? Message-ID: <20020712041436.5bfb634a.corecode@corecode.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <3D2E2D33.D09B8F16@softweyr.com> References: <20020709233503.I5990-100000@master.gorean.org> <3D2E2D33.D09B8F16@softweyr.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
--=.cd(khredbSGs6: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Thu, 11 Jul 2002 18:13:23 -0700 Wes Peters wrote: > I'm coming around to your viewpoint. We can write the metadata to have > external references to binary filesets, and even to the source, patches, > and Makefiles that make up the "port." Filesets can be signed so we can > verify they are the correct contents and weren't tampered with in > transmission. > > This would allow us to update the metadata files in the same way ports > are updated now, using CVSup, keeping the packages system up to date. and while we're at it, change the ports system to use something like that so that my (our) inodes are not all being eaten by /usr/ports ;] this would actually be a good thing [tm] to marry both systems. one metadata tree for both ports (source, customized build) and packages (binary). just ``echo USE_PACKAGES=YES >> /etc/make.conf'' or whatever. cheers simon -- /"\ http://corecode.ath.cx/#donate \ / \ ASCII Ribbon Campaign / \ Against HTML Mail and News --=.cd(khredbSGs6: Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9LjuPr5S+dk6z85oRAk+fAKCVlpx6EMRpEgXkyOr5mY4/+21KhQCgrkH0 LB/LBGHEre72LidgSHME/rI= =8etX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=.cd(khredbSGs6:-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20020712041436.5bfb634a.corecode>