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Re: [PATCH setup 00/10] Various setup patches


On Aug  4 19:56, Achim Gratz wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen writes:
> >> The checksum information has to come from somewhere and that somewhere
> >> requires a package install or update.  Together with that new setup we might
> >> have an update of cygccheck and some unrelated packages that happen to
> >> have been rebuilt recently, but certainly not the whole distribution.
> >
> > Why is that important?  The checksums will collect over time.
> 
> That's the plan, but then you'll have to deal with missing checksums
> while that particular strand of hair grows out.
> 
> > I don't think I understand what you're up to.  Why is it important
> > to add the extra information all at once?  And if that's the case,
> > couldn't we use a runonce postinstall script for that?
> 
> I was interpreting your reply that you wanted the tools to only support
> the new list formats.

Oh, no, sorry if I was unclear but I would like the tools just to
adapt so that they don't choke on new formats while still working
happily on the old formats.


Corinna

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