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>>>>> On Wed, 29 May 2019, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> User/group name/identifier collision detection |
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> The user/group packages can install additional files in subdirectories |
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> of ``/var/lib`` indicating their respective names and identifiers. |
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> This ensures that if two packages ever happen to collide, the package |
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> manager's collision detection mechanism will trigger. |
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I wonder why that would be needed. It won't catch collisions with users |
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created by the system administrator. Collisions between packages could |
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certainly be prevented without littering the file system, e.g., by |
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scanning ebuilds in that category (by repoman, or CI)? |
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> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/. |
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s/http/&s/ |
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Ulrich |
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