From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 22597 invoked from network); 21 May 2004 18:27:39 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by parrot.ussg.indiana.edu with SMTP; 21 May 2004 18:27:39 +0000 Received: from parrot.ussg.indiana.edu ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BREk5-0008Ka-St for arch-gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 21 May 2004 18:27:37 +0000 Received: (qmail 23969 invoked by uid 89); 21 May 2004 18:27:37 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 25149 invoked from network); 21 May 2004 18:27:37 +0000 From: Chris Gianelloni Reply-To: wolf31o2@gentoo.org To: Chris Bainbridge Cc: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <200405211742.44615.c.j.bainbridge@ed.ac.uk> References: <200405201846.37173.cbrewer@stealthaccess.net> <200405211712.50469.c.j.bainbridge@ed.ac.uk> <20040521173312.330ed08e@snowdrop.home> <200405211742.44615.c.j.bainbridge@ed.ac.uk> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-4xqjKI/Bvm6F2SvavF72" Organization: Gentoo Linux Message-Id: <1085164549.25140.82.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 14:35:49 -0400 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Stuff that makes people mad X-Archives-Salt: 1eb5b093-d413-481a-a444-0beba9322cbe X-Archives-Hash: b3ffffde7246696219569f312acb93c3 --=-4xqjKI/Bvm6F2SvavF72 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2004-05-21 at 12:42, Chris Bainbridge wrote: > Ebuilds are trapped in their own directory, I don't see how adding them m= esses=20 > up other ebuilds. Unless you mean that they can do bad things like=20 > overwriting libc, which would be pretty obvious and reported straight awa= y by=20 > users of the ebuild. Don't you see, this is *exactly* what we want to avoid. Why should we have to take the time to try and fix a rogue ebuild that was *automatically* added to the tree? Especially considering the amount of time that can be wasted in fixing something like a broken libc. --=20 Chris Gianelloni Developer Games/LiveCD Teams Gentoo Linux Is your power animal a penguin? --=-4xqjKI/Bvm6F2SvavF72 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBArkwFkT4lNIS36YERAj5FAJ9SKG2zl6KhDzzAKELsKFVLK/Yp0gCeMqHq uxBeYshqnt9NE+tflfzU85U= =NVLE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-4xqjKI/Bvm6F2SvavF72--