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From: Dean Stephens <desultory@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] GLEP 74: Full-tree verification using Manifest files
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 02:41:42
Message-Id: e1208a54-3360-1b95-d353-88ae88c022eb@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] GLEP 74: Full-tree verification using Manifest files by "Hanno Böck"
1 On 10/27/17 17:48, Hanno Böck wrote:
2 > Should a package manager reject a sync if it is too old? or not install
3 > packages if a sync hasn't happened for some time? What is considered
4 > "outdated"? I think that should be clarified how exactly it's supposed
5 > to work.
6 >
7 If such a rejection is to be the default, an override option should be
8 required as part of the spec. There are use cases where using an "old"
9 repository would be necessary, even if only temporarily.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] GLEP 74: Full-tree verification using Manifest files "M. J. Everitt" <m.j.everitt@×××.org>