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From: "M. J. Everitt" <m.j.everitt@×××.org>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] GLEP 74: Full-tree verification using Manifest files
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 03:28:14
Message-Id: b1433ca7-7829-3cda-9bc7-5cfbba9f4499@emjay-embedded.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] GLEP 74: Full-tree verification using Manifest files by Dean Stephens
1 On 28/10/17 03:41, Dean Stephens wrote:
2 > On 10/27/17 17:48, Hanno Böck wrote:
3 >> Should a package manager reject a sync if it is too old? or not install
4 >> packages if a sync hasn't happened for some time? What is considered
5 >> "outdated"? I think that should be clarified how exactly it's supposed
6 >> to work.
7 >>
8 > If such a rejection is to be the default, an override option should be
9 > required as part of the spec. There are use cases where using an "old"
10 > repository would be necessary, even if only temporarily.
11 >
12 I_KNOW_WHAT_I_AM_DOING=1
13
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Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] GLEP 74: Full-tree verification using Manifest files Allan Wegan <allanwegan@××××××××××.de>