From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1EUCH3-0000Fq-1E for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:02:41 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id j9ONxlGA032615; Mon, 24 Oct 2005 23:59:47 GMT Received: from www.rout.co.nz (203-79-82-53.adsl-wns.paradise.net.nz [203.79.82.53]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id j9ONsFJ2023304 for ; Mon, 24 Oct 2005 23:54:16 GMT Received: from [192.168.1.2] (nick.rout.co.nz [192.168.1.2]) by www.rout.co.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D3DE1CBFB3 for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 12:52:54 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 12:54:14 +1300 From: Nick Rout To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Um...Who can fix this? In-Reply-To: <435D6F37.7080908@djnauk.co.uk> References: <20051025111033.C761.NICK@rout.co.nz> <435D6F37.7080908@djnauk.co.uk> Message-Id: <20051025124728.C767.NICK@rout.co.nz> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.21.04 [en] X-Archives-Salt: fb11075b-c30a-4ba3-ae38-cc2ef0dafd60 X-Archives-Hash: 6d9948c71bab295da359203820951bc5 On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:33:11 +0100 Jonathan Wright wrote: > > So if someone has broken into your system and screwed around with the > > portage tree so that when you install sylpheed-claws it does something > > nasty, running the digest command will allow that to happen. > > Hence the reason I said it wasn't recommended (paragraph following > this). However, if you have downloaded a few files from bugzilla and > have added them to an extra layout you will have to run a digest command > before running portage - it will not run without. He may not have know > that, hence giving both points and the bad points about running digest > within the main tree. > > > If the digests are wrong find out what the problem is! > > In this case, it could most likely be the digest itself that was > incorrect, but this is rare, while there was nothing else wrong with the > system. I wasn't aiming my comment at your advice in particular. I do get concerned when I foten see (in other threads) the suggestion to simply change the digest when there is a digest error. It kinda defeats the purpose of the digest. I agree it is necessary when doing something in your overlay. It seems most people who post to bugs.gentoo.org do not post a digest file. Perhaps they should. -- Nick Rout -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list