* Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: GLEP 64: Standardize contents of VDB and establish and API for exporting this information.
@ 2014-08-31 15:13 99% ` Ciaran McCreesh
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From: Ciaran McCreesh @ 2014-08-31 15:13 UTC (permalink / raw
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On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 11:08:27 -0400
"Anthony G. Basile" <blueness@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On 08/31/14 11:02, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> > On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 10:56:21 -0400
> > "Anthony G. Basile" <blueness@gentoo.org> wrote:
> >> I'd give you a link to git.gentoo.org/proj/elfix as a concrete
> >> example, but the site is still down.
> > Are you emulating all the workarounds for reading previously-written
> > invalid data in there? Because if not, you're reading what you want
> > VDB to contain, not what it actually does...
> >
> > Remember, VDB's format isn't specified anywhere, so if you claim you
> > can read it, you must be able to read whatever it contains, and you
> > can't claim that (for example) rogue 'stat' entries in CONTENTS are
> > a bug.
> >
> I'm reading portage's code.
Which version? Note that Portage can't read the VDB entries generated
by certain other Portage versions.
> I do not understand why you oppose the standardization of VDB?
If you would like to standardise VDB, I suggest you start by doing a
decent job of solving that problem, and not just jumping in and yelling
about how important it is that some particular file is in there.
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Ciaran McCreesh
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