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From: Yannick Koehler <yannick.koehler@××××××××.com>
To: Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@××××××.nl>, gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Peer-to-Peer?
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 14:24:43
Message-Id: 200207181524.41436.yannick.koehler@colubris.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Peer-to-Peer? by Paul de Vrieze
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4 > Appart from the trust issue, the major problem is comparing the two
5 > systems. It is unlikely they are exactly the same. But even if they are, it
6 > is a hell of a job finding out. The only way such a distribution for
7 > binaries works is with a binary only distribution like,..... (you know
8 > who).
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10 Portage keeps certain file which help on this such as
11 /var/db/pkg/<cat>/<name>/CFLAGS and USE. Maybe they could be named on the
12 ftp server to
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14 <name>.specification
15 <name>.tar.gz
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17 So that emerge download the .specification, validate the similarity and then
18 propose or take it from the distribution system. Basically the same as
19 ccache ;-)
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23 Yannick Koehler
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Peer-to-Peer? Marko Mikulicic <marko@××××.org>