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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- [email protected] mailing list
