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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@×××××××.org>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] how to handle sensitive files when generating binary packages
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:06:25
Message-Id: 20070620220142.629252a4@snowflake
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] how to handle sensitive files when generating binary packages by Mike Frysinger
1 On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:54:34 -0400
2 Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> wrote:
3 > On Wednesday 20 June 2007, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
4 > > Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> wrote:
5 > > > being able to generate binary packages that actually reflect the
6 > > > live $ROOT is desirable
7 > >
8 > > Is being able to generate redistributable binary packages that
9 > > reflect the live ROOT desirable?
10 >
11 > that's a feature that exists now that there's no reason to
12 > disable ... not that it can be disabled
13
14 I'm not suggesting forcibly disabling it, merely marking binary
15 packages as "designed for distribution" or "not designed for
16 distribution", not accepting the latter on other systems and
17 requiring explicit user action to turn the latter into the former.
18
19 The specific underlying question being, what are the use cases for
20 binary packages?
21
22 --
23 Ciaran McCreesh

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