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From: Dean Stephens <desultory@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] GLEP 74: Full-tree verification using Manifest files
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 02:41:14
Message-Id: a78bbce3-a728-7d9e-7b21-91f27ae2c6a2@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] GLEP 74: Full-tree verification using Manifest files by "Michał Górny"
1 On 10/27/17 02:22, Michał Górny wrote:
2 > Yes. We can't technically distinguish intentional package removal by user from malicious third party stripping them. This is something that a package manager extension might handle but it doesn't belong in the spec.
3 >
4 "Implementations may provide mechanisms for verifying partial
5 repositories or accepting repositories which could not be fully
6 verified, such mechanisms are outside the scope of this document."
7
8 Especially given: "The package manager may reject any package or even
9 the whole repository if it may refer to files for which the verification
10 failed."