From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1OSpJO-0005an-NB for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:42:06 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7E593E08F7; Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:42:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from s15216962.onlinehome-server.info (forum.psychotherapie.org [217.160.22.205]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28431E0833 for ; Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:41:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by s15216962.onlinehome-server.info (8.13.3/8.13.3) with UUCP id o5RAfd7a023727 for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 27 Jun 2010 12:41:39 +0200 Received: (from weigelt@localhost) by nibiru.metux.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) id o5RAYiBk031655 for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 27 Jun 2010 12:34:44 +0200 Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 12:34:44 +0200 From: Enrico Weigelt To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] FYI: Rules for distro-friendly packages Message-ID: <20100627103443.GA23460@nibiru.local> References: <20100625201738.GA4789@nibiru.local> <4C2518FB.9090800@gentoo.org> <20100626185104.GB4789@nibiru.local> <4C265345.6060102@gentoo.org> <20100626194639.GE4789@nibiru.local> <20100626205921.4e2a0b9e@snowcone> <20100626200909.GG4789@nibiru.local> <20100626211816.7b4a13dc@snowcone> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100626211816.7b4a13dc@snowcone> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Terror: bin laden, kill bush, Briefbombe, Massenvernichtung, KZ, X-Nazi: Weisse Rasse, Hitlers Wiederauferstehung, 42, X-Antichrist: weg mit schaeuble, ausrotten, heiliger krieg, al quaida, X-Killer: 23, endloesung, Weltuntergang, X-Doof: wer das liest ist doof X-Archives-Salt: a87002c6-54f5-4258-9358-d3be93059a3c X-Archives-Hash: 57ed2e3bde7bb8a412b5118d67ab03c9 * Ciaran McCreesh schrieb: > On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 22:09:09 +0200 > Enrico Weigelt wrote: > > Well, with git this works. (I'll yet have to run some automatic > > stress tests, but at all my manual tests worked really fine). > > You assume that, given the same input and program options, a > compression program will always produce the same output. This is not > the case. Well, at least for tar, I've experienced no problem here yet. But: true, it might change between tar versions. A more sophisticated approach, IMHO, would be: directly fetching from the VCS, but that would probably mean a major design change. (my Briegel buildsystem goes this way ... it doesnt even patch on itself anymore, thats done entirely in git) cu -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: http://patches.metux.de/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------