On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 03:52:31PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 01:37:27PM -0400, Justin Pryzby wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 01:33:20PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 05:30:30PM +0000, Thaddeus H. Black wrote: > > > > W. Borgert wrote: > > > > > Back to your question: I personally hate files that are not > > > > > under dpkg control, because you cannot check using debsums, > > > > > dpkg -L, dpkg -S, etc. > > > > > > > > This raises a topic I do not understand very well. > > > > Since we are already on the topic, may I ask for further > > > > advice? > > > > > Would there be a problem with shipping the package with a file of the > > > same name and size 0, then have the postinst generate the file and > > > replace the empty file with the new file? That also helps keeps things > > > consistent as dpkg will automatically remove the generated file on > > > package removal or purge. > > MD5sum will be incorrect. > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.md5sums > > An excellent point. > > Perhaps we can make use of some the recent research in the area of MD5 > collisions :-) Only if you don't mind restricting yourself to files whose md5sum is:
d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e :) -- Clear skies, > > Justin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
