From owner-freebsd-arch Wed Jul 10 0: 0:53 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9F3637B43A; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 00:00:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 12-234-90-219.client.attbi.com (12-234-90-219.client.attbi.com [12.234.90.219]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58BE843E09; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 00:00:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DougB@FreeBSD.org) Received: from Master.gorean.org (master.gorean.org [10.0.0.2]) by 12-234-90-219.client.attbi.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g6A70LCA029457; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 00:00:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DougB@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (doug@localhost) by Master.gorean.org (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) with ESMTP id g6A6akJZ006111; Tue, 9 Jul 2002 23:36:49 -0700 (PDT) X-Authentication-Warning: Master.gorean.org: doug owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 23:36:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton To: Wes Peters Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav , Dan Moschuk , Subject: Re: Package system flaws? In-Reply-To: <3D2A191C.3103D0FB@softweyr.com> Message-ID: <20020709233503.I5990-100000@master.gorean.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 8 Jul 2002, Wes Peters wrote: > Doug Barton wrote: > > > > On Sun, 7 Jul 2002, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > > > > We want to be able to install a package from a non-rewindable source > > > > without storing a temporary copy on disk. This means the metadata > > > > must without fail be at the very beginning of the package. > > > > Ok, then what about storing the meta data as a seperate file? Why do they > > have to be in the same package? > > So you can (md5, sign) them together and know that they "apply" to each > other. If we limit the metadata properly (for my definition of "proper") there won't be anything that needs to be verified. The metadata file should of course include the md5 of the package(s) it applies to directly. -- "We have known freedom's price. We have shown freedom's power. And in this great conflict, ... we will see freedom's victory." - George W. Bush, President of the United States State of the Union, January 28, 2002 Do YOU Yahoo!? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message