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On 08/31/14 11:02, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 10:56:21 -0400 |
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> "Anthony G. Basile" <blueness@g.o> wrote: |
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>> I'd give you a link to git.gentoo.org/proj/elfix as a concrete |
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>> example, but the site is still down. |
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> Are you emulating all the workarounds for reading previously-written |
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> invalid data in there? Because if not, you're reading what you want VDB |
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> to contain, not what it actually does... |
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> Remember, VDB's format isn't specified anywhere, so if you claim you |
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> can read it, you must be able to read whatever it contains, and you |
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> can't claim that (for example) rogue 'stat' entries in CONTENTS are a |
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> bug. |
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I'm reading portage's code. I'm not looking at paludis. The council is |
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proposing a standardization of this information so that we don't have |
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the sitatuation where we're "reading what you want VDB to contain, not |
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what it actually does" |
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I do not understand why you oppose the standardization of VDB? |
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Anthony G. Basile, Ph.D. |
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Gentoo Linux Developer [Hardened] |
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E-Mail : blueness@g.o |
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