Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 00:26:51 -0700 From: Jordan K Hubbard <jkh@queasyweasel.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: Mikhail Teterin <mi+mx@aldan.algebra.com>, arch@FreeBSD.org, jkh@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: pkg-routines ignore the recorded md5 checksums Message-ID: <049EDAFB-BCB3-11D6-A85D-0003938C7B7E@queasyweasel.com> In-Reply-To: <20020831070918.GA72640@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Hysterical Raisins. We didn't even think of adding md5 checksums until about a year or so after the pkg_install tools were done, and there was concern at that point that adding another @foo directive would create a set of "new packages" which didn't work with the older package tools. So it was decided to simply make them a special type of comment, which the previous package tools would simply ignore. In hindsight, of course... - Jordan On Saturday, August 31, 2002, at 12:09 AM, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 08:54:22PM -0700, Jordan K Hubbard wrote: >> I'm not sure these diffs are entirely correct. For one thing, they >> make >> some rather broad assumptions about the contents of @comment fields, >> MD5 checksums being only *one* possible type of data stored there. >> Also, the indentation style doesn't come close to matching that of the >> surrounding code. :) > > Why are md5 checksums stored in @comment in the first place, instead > of in a @md5 directive? > > Kris > <mime-attachment> -- Jordan K. Hubbard Engineering Manager, BSD technology group Apple Computer To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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