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From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH v2] verify-sig.eclass: avoid calling unpack on sig files
Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 10:55:19 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJ0EP43SYAo2VmR0CLBjp7YEQLvPKkePRD5ZJrX++4zPV3_4_A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <u1q5u75p0@gentoo.org>

On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 1:53 AM Ulrich Mueller <ulm@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Please provide an explanation what problem this patch fixes.
>
> Why is calling unpack on sig files bad? It should silently skip files
> with unknown extensions.

The main reason is that Portage does not *silently* skip unknown
extensions in unpack. For  example:

>>> Unpacking freerdp-2.11.7.tar.gz.asc to /x/portage/net-misc/freerdp-2.11.7/work
unpack freerdp-2.11.7.tar.gz.asc: file format not recognized. Ignoring.

The other reason would be the small/trivial efficiency gain; there is
no point in calling unpack on a file it won't be able to process.


      reply	other threads:[~2024-05-22 14:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-05-22  1:58 [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] verify-sig.eclass: avoid calling unpack on sig files Mike Gilbert
2024-05-22  2:05 ` [gentoo-dev] [PATCH v2] " Mike Gilbert
2024-05-22  3:38   ` Michał Górny
2024-05-22 14:59     ` Mike Gilbert
2024-05-22  5:53   ` Ulrich Mueller
2024-05-22 14:55     ` Mike Gilbert [this message]

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