On 2/21/07, Lucas C. Villa Real <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 2/18/07, Ricardo Nabinger Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I'd suggest to mark the package as such also (installed from unchecked
> > Recipe).  If the signature check failed, either the Recipe is broken/needs
> > update or a bug was triggered inside InstallPackage (thus the traceback).
> >
> > It should be easy to the (unaware) user see those quickly, and act upon them
> > (deinstall, update to a newer version, file a bug, ...).
>
> Do you have any suggestions? Marking a package in any way is going to
> either add or modify another file, and then the package will be
> automatically broken to VerifyProgram's eyes, as there will be either
> a md5sum miss or an 'invader', according to FileHash's contents. I
> think this lies in the "user's problem corner", as he/she explicitly
> asked to ignore that verification.
>

Rename FileHash to FileHash.overridden (or similar).  It'll stop the
check in later runs of VerifyProgram and mark the package that the
signature was ignored.



-- 
Carlo J. Calica
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