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Date:      Sat, 31 Aug 2002 12:06:23 +0200
From:      Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Cc:        jkh@queasyweasel.com, mi+mx@aldan.algebra.com, arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: pkg-routines ignore the recorded md5 checksums
Message-ID:  <20020831120623.4c4bc41d.Alexander@Leidinger.net>
In-Reply-To: <20020831083923.GA90468@xor.obsecurity.org>
References:  <20020831070918.GA72640@xor.obsecurity.org> <049EDAFB-BCB3-11D6-A85D-0003938C7B7E@queasyweasel.com> <20020831073845.GA74568@xor.obsecurity.org> <20020831083923.GA90468@xor.obsecurity.org>

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On Sat, 31 Aug 2002 01:39:23 -0700 Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
wrote:

> > Perhaps we should change plist.c to make unrecognised commands
> > non-fatal, so we can have more flexibility about extending the
> > commandset in future.
> 
> Just for fun, I made the following patch which adds commands @md5,
> @origin, @deporigin (while still recognizing the older @comment
> forms).  I'd like to commit it after a transition period of a 4.x
> release or so with my previous patch that makes unknown commands
> non-fatal.

What about commiting the ability to recognize such commands now, and
only put them into use in +CONTENTS after such a transition period?

Or was this your intention?

Bye,
Alexander.

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