Re: [gentoo-dev] how to handle sensitive files when generating binary packages

[Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@ciaranm.org>]

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On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:54:34 -0400
Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Wednesday 20 June 2007, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> > Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > > being able to generate binary packages that actually reflect the
> > > live $ROOT is desirable
> >
> > Is being able to generate redistributable binary packages that
> > reflect the live ROOT desirable?
> 
> that's a feature that exists now that there's no reason to
> disable ... not that it can be disabled

I'm not suggesting forcibly disabling it, merely marking binary
packages as "designed for distribution" or "not designed for
distribution", not accepting the latter on other systems and
requiring explicit user action to turn the latter into the former.

The specific underlying question being, what are the use cases for
binary packages?

-- 
Ciaran McCreesh


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