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From: Kristian Fiskerstrand <k_f@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o, trupanka@×××××.com
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Need clear semantics for packages with binary entities
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 12:18:27
Message-Id: 5683CA65.5070705@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Need clear semantics for packages with binary entities by "Michał Górny"
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4 On 12/28/2015 07:33 PM, Michał Górny wrote:
5 > On Mon, 28 Dec 2015 21:24:14 +0300 trupanka@×××××.com wrote:
6 >
7 >> I’m suffering from the fact that users can distinguish packages
8 >> containing binaries just by eye. There is no mechanism to
9 >> allow/ignore such packages. For license restrictions we have
10 >> ‘package.license/’ whitelist.
11 >>
12
13 ..
14
15 >
16 > And you already covered here how different the notion of 'binary'
17 > (or rather, 'pre-built') can be. There could be pre-built stuff
18 > that is arch-specific or otherwise of limited portability. There
19 > could be pre-built stuff that is portable. There could be pre-built
20 > stuff whose rebuilding isn't really meaningful at all.
21
22 Sure it is, at least a reproducable build in order to compare and
23 ensure no malware being installed. I'm reading this more from a
24 security point of view than performance, and the question makes
25 perfect sense.
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28 Kristian Fiskerstrand
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