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On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:33:11 +0100 |
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Jonathan Wright wrote: |
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> > So if someone has broken into your system and screwed around with the |
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> > portage tree so that when you install sylpheed-claws it does something |
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> > nasty, running the digest command will allow that to happen. |
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> Hence the reason I said it wasn't recommended (paragraph following |
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> this). However, if you have downloaded a few files from bugzilla and |
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> have added them to an extra layout you will have to run a digest command |
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> before running portage - it will not run without. He may not have know |
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> that, hence giving both points and the bad points about running digest |
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> within the main tree. |
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> > If the digests are wrong find out what the problem is! |
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> In this case, it could most likely be the digest itself that was |
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> incorrect, but this is rare, while there was nothing else wrong with the |
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> system. |
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I wasn't aiming my comment at your advice in particular. I do get |
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concerned when I foten see (in other threads) the suggestion to simply |
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change the digest when there is a digest error. It kinda defeats the |
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purpose of the digest. |
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I agree it is necessary when doing something in your overlay. It seems |
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most people who post to bugs.gentoo.org do not post a digest file. |
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Perhaps they should. |
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Nick Rout <nick@×××××××.nz> |
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