On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 01:52:30PM +0200, Radoslaw Stachowiak wrote:
> 
> it doesnt in proper way, because dispatch-conf does not store md5sums,
> but uses /var/db/pkg data for its comparision. But using it (db) after
> installation results in md5sum lost (only md5 sums of NEW version of
> files are stored).
> 
> So there are two ways to do it:
> 1. store sums regardless of portage, and compare it after installation.
> 2. maybe, instead of md5sum, simple comparision if mtime < ctime than
> update is allowed would be fine?
> 
> please comment about 2) because it would be trivial to implement it in
> dispatch-conf.

ctime vs mtime would be acceptable; if it is combined with the
trivial-merge-approach, it's probably enough for most of the mentioned
issues.

Joerg


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