Re: [Fink-devel] More on ..GPG Signing the info file and patches..

Three points: 1) Your attack scenario the attack only works for users who choose to install a package without a signature (to opt out of using the installer's verify signature option) and therefore is equivalent to the current level of (in)security. So worst case for a user who doesn't use the

[Fink-devel] Apple support..(was a letter to Apple)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 Just a heads up. I wrote about the effort on the fink-user list. I am currently preparing a very long mail outlining a strategy to get Apple more involved with us. This also includes things I have carefully talked about to our analysts. Chances

[Fink-devel] refactoring and documenting the Perl "Fink::" classes and "fink" tool

Last week, I tried to write a quick utility that would preen the cruft from my /sw/src directory. You know, those distros that are no longer needed. I thought "no problem... a simple Perl script accessing the Fink::* classes will suffice". I was wrong. After about a dozen false starts, I still

Re: [Fink-devel] refactoring and documenting the Perl "Fink::" classes and "fink" tool

On Saturday, November 30, 2002, at 06:36 PM, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: 1) is anyone already planning this? Not that I'm aware of... 2) does anyone else share my pain? Oh dear god yes! 3) if I take this on, who of you might want to help me? I'd be interested in helpping. I don't know ho

Re: [Fink-devel] refactoring and documenting the Perl "Fink::" classes and "fink" tool

On Saturday, November 30, 2002, at 03:36 PM, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: Last week, I tried to write a quick utility that would preen the cruft from my /sw/src directory. You know, those distros that are no longer needed. I thought "no problem... a simple Perl script accessing the Fink::* clas

Re: [Fink-devel] refactoring and documenting the Perl "Fink::" classes and "fink" tool

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 1) is anyone already planning this? Dunno. 2) does anyone else share my pain? yes, concerning Documentation. Once you start on this, please get back to me so we can agree to a common format. I shall then help you to get accustomed to our

Re: [Fink-devel] why does evolution depends on Mozilla

At 22:38 Uhr +0100 28.11.2002, Pejvan BEIGUI wrote: Hi Max, I'm installing Evolution via Fink, and I was wondering why it was depending on Mozilla. For SSL support. Max -- --- Max Horn Software Developer email: phone: (+4