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On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:47:36 +0000 |
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Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:32:25 -0500, Kenneth Prugh wrote: |
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> > yawn, and if the download was invalid it would most likely fail to |
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> > untar or something similar. I fail to see the point. |
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> That's because you are assuming that all file corruption is |
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> accidental, whereas the manifest system is designed to protect |
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> against malicious corruption. |
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> > I also remember why I hate this mailing list and usually just mark |
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> > all read. |
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> That is safer that advising people to override portage's security |
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> precautions. |
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You're right I was assuming it was accidental. I also falsely assumed |
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he already tried another mirror of the file. |
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I also don't think straight without breakfast, so I'm sorry about the |
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last email.. it wasn't very professional of me :> |
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On a side note: the reason I hate -user is it completely breaks claws |
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when it tries to thread it if there are unread :9. May need to nuke it |
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and regenerate everything from scratch. |
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