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| From: | Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-portage-dev@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] install-qa-check.d: Add a QA check for installing xattrs | ||
| Date: | Tue, 28 Sep 2021 01:09:48 | ||
| Message-Id: | CAJ0EP40YFKDv3GV9yzpXaSEB++5eFAmf9cBUKkMdAVrnXR=ivw@mail.gmail.com | ||
| In Reply to: | [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] install-qa-check.d: Add a QA check for installing xattrs by "Michał Górny" |
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| 1 | On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 1:20 PM Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote: |
| 2 | > + eqawarn |
| 3 | > + eqawarn "It is impossible to reliably guarantee that the extended attributes" |
| 4 | > + eqawarn "will be reliably preserved while merging. Please ensure that any" |
| 5 | > + eqawarn "extended metadata necessary is applied in pkg_postinst() phase," |
| 6 | > + eqawarn "and that the implementation includes a fallback if necessary." |
| 7 | |
| 8 | This message suggests that applying xattrs in pkg_postinst is |
| 9 | acceptable. However, your patch offers no way to disable the QA |
| 10 | warning for ebuilds that do so. |
| Subject | Author |
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| Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] install-qa-check.d: Add a QA check for installing xattrs | "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o> |