On 9/9/06, Jonas Karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 17:15:25 +0200, Hisham Muhammad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > On 9/9/06, Jonas Karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Added installation of unmanaged files to SymlinkProgram > > > > Installation of unmanaged files is/should not be made at > > SymlinkProgram, but at InstallPackage and Compile. You don't want > > unmanaged files to be re-copied every time you switch versions using > > SymlinkProgram, for example. > > > As one, at least I, wants to remove the files when one uses RemoveProgram, > and presumably with DisablePrograms as well, there should be a way to get > the files back into place without having to Compile/unpack the entire > application. I could add a check to see if the file exists, or just remove > the '-f', but then again there could be version specific unmanaged files, > like the kernel module for rlocate, and therefore it needs to be copied > everytime one switches version with SymlinkProgram.
Agreed. Maybe SymlinkProgram can have a --unmanaged flag instead, and do "ask" when called from the command line (and act automatically when called from InstallPackage and Compile?). > >> Made installation of unmanaged files use hard links and fall back to > >> copy > > > > Hard links are a bad idea for installation of unmanaged files, because > > when you edit a file in the unmanaged location, it will modify the > > files under Resources/ (this will "taint" the program, will break > > signature verification and make it easy to get site-specific stuff > > stored by accident in packages). > > > Fair enough, but perhaps you should have mentioned this in the thread > "Suggestions to Compile"? Yes, I should have, my bad. :( I haven't followed the list as closely as I should have the last few days. Sorry about catching this only after the commit. For the space-conscious, maybe this could become a configurable setting, a settable flag in some .conf file under Settings/Scripts. I'm not really sure if the saved space is worth the effort (and the risk of messing with packages) but still. > Otoh, most unmanaged files are static (aren't all), so this shouldn't be > an issue(?). Not necessarily. Var stuff is 'variable' by nature... -- Hisham _______________________________________________ gobolinux-devel mailing list gobolinux-devel@lists.gobolinux.org http://lists.gobolinux.org/mailman/listinfo/gobolinux-devel
