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From: Richard Farina <sidhayn@×××××.com>
To: Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o>
Cc: gentoo-catalyst@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-catalyst] [PATCH] Support snapshot.tar.xz
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 03:04:56
Message-Id: 5034380C.1020703@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-catalyst] [PATCH] Support snapshot.tar.xz by Matt Turner
1 On 08/21/2012 09:05 PM, Matt Turner wrote:
2 > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Rick Farina <sidhayn@×××××.com> wrote:
3 >> This patch adds in support for automatically detecting and decompressing
4 >> both formats gentoo currently ships portage snapshots in. To make the
5 >> change as minimal as possible I am using recent gnu tar ability to
6 >> automatically pick the correct format and decompress. This may not work
7 >> as expected on *bsd or MacOSX unless we already require gnu tar on those
8 >> platforms.
9 >>
10 >> Signed-off-by: Rick Farina <sidhayn@×××××.com>
11 >> ---
12 >> modules/generic_stage_target.py | 13 ++++++++-----
13 >> 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
14 >>
15 >> diff --git a/modules/generic_stage_target.py b/modules/generic_stage_target.py
16 >> index c4ef239..031d8bf 100644
17 >> --- a/modules/generic_stage_target.py
18 >> +++ b/modules/generic_stage_target.py
19 >> @@ -404,12 +404,15 @@ class generic_stage_target(generic_target):
20 >>
21 >> def set_snapshot_path(self):
22 >> self.settings["snapshot_path"]=normpath(self.settings["storedir"]+\
23 >> - "/snapshots/portage-"+self.settings["snapshot"]+".tar.bz2")
24 >> + "/snapshots/portage-"+self.settings["snapshot"]+".tar.xz")
25 >>
26 >> if os.path.exists(self.settings["snapshot_path"]):
27 >> self.settings["snapshot_path_hash"]=\
28 >> generate_hash(self.settings["snapshot_path"],\
29 >> hash_function=self.settings["hash_function"],verbose=False)
30 >> + else:
31 >> + self.settings["snapshot_path"]=normpath(self.settings["storedir"]+\
32 >> + "/snapshots/portage-"+self.settings["snapshot"]+".tar.bz2")
33 >>
34 >> def set_snapcache_path(self):
35 >> if self.settings.has_key("SNAPCACHE"):
36 >
37 > This bit looks for *.tar.xz and then falls back to *.tar.bz2?
38 yes, .xz is smaller and faster to decompress hence first.
39 >
40 > It looks like you don't check that the *.tar.bz2 file exists or that
41 > the hashing is done.
42 >
43 I forgot to copy and repeat that block, easy fix. I tested and it
44 didn't appear needed for cleanly failing, but I completely miss the
45 hash_function and that obviously is bad.
46
47 I'll respin on the next flight.
48
49 Any comments on the gnu tar requirement? is that an issue or is okay?
50
51 thanks,
52 Zero

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Re: [gentoo-catalyst] [PATCH] Support snapshot.tar.xz Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o>