I demand that Andreas Barth may or may not have written... > * Brian Eaton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060501 19:21]: >> On 5/1/06, Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Or you could create the diffdebs before upload or on ftp-master, and >>> include the diffdebs somehow in the Packages file (so they're signed as >>> well by the usual mechanismn).
>> My initial view is that any delta package system that doesn't reproduce >> the exact same .debs as downloading the package from scratch is a >> non-starter. > Why that? Of course, you need all the maintainer scripts etc in the > diffdeb, but not all the regular files. I wouldn't like to rely on the admin not having modified any of the package's files (/etc aside). Yes, this shouldn't happen, but it does :-) Of course, if you're running md5sums on all of the package's files, this can be caught... [snip] -- | Darren Salt | linux or ds at | nr. Ashington, | Toon | RISC OS, Linux | youmustbejoking,demon,co,uk | Northumberland | Army | + Lobby friends, family, business, government. WE'RE KILLING THE PLANET. regular guy: n. A person who occurs at fixed or pre-arranged intervals. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
