Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 00:38:45 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Jordan K Hubbard <jkh@queasyweasel.com> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, Mikhail Teterin <mi+mx@aldan.algebra.com>, arch@FreeBSD.org, jkh@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: pkg-routines ignore the recorded md5 checksums Message-ID: <20020831073845.GA74568@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <049EDAFB-BCB3-11D6-A85D-0003938C7B7E@queasyweasel.com> References: <20020831070918.GA72640@xor.obsecurity.org> <049EDAFB-BCB3-11D6-A85D-0003938C7B7E@queasyweasel.com>
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On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 12:26:51AM -0700, Jordan K Hubbard wrote:
> 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...
Perhaps we should change plist.c to make unrecognised commands
non-fatal, so we can have more flexibility about extending the
commandset in future.
Kris
Untested patch:
Index: usr.sbin/pkg_install/lib/plist.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr2/ncvs/src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/lib/plist.c,v
retrieving revision 1.29.2.9
diff -u -r1.29.2.9 plist.c
--- usr.sbin/pkg_install/lib/plist.c 20 Aug 2002 06:35:08 -0000 1.29.2.9
+++ usr.sbin/pkg_install/lib/plist.c 31 Aug 2002 07:37:51 -0000
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
cmd = plist_cmd(pline + 1, &cp);
if (cmd == FAIL) {
cleanup(0);
- errx(2, "%s: bad command '%s'", __func__, pline);
+ warnx("%s: unknown command '%s' (package tools out of date?)", __func__, pline);
}
if (*cp == '\0') {
cp = NULL;
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