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From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: [PATCH v3] eclass/kernel-2.eclass: Remove use of tr in global scope
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2017 07:02:23
Message-Id: pan$b0864$7fc3520e$cb84bcdb$f96562b5@cox.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH v3] eclass/kernel-2.eclass: Remove use of tr in global scope by Floyd Anderson
1 Floyd Anderson posted on Thu, 07 Sep 2017 03:13:45 +0200 as excerpted:
2
3 >>+# To use, an ebuild could contain a line like:
4 >>+# AMD64_URI=http//linktothearchspecificpatch
5 >
6 > Even it’s just a comment:
7 >
8 > # AMD64_URI="http://link-to-the-arch-specific-patch"
9 >
10 > looks friendlier to my eyes. However at least the colon after the scheme
11 > should be given.
12
13 ... And please, even in examples, use https://, to encourage the at
14 least somewhat better security than plain http.
15
16 (While https may not be particularly resistant to state-level actors able
17 to lean on CAs, it should hopefully at least resist the trivial stuff
18 like insecure wifi and ISP content-insertion games.)
19
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22 "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master --
23 and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman