Am Freitag, 26. September 2003, 15:14:50 Uhr MET, schrieb Keld Jørn Simonsen:
> configurability of a contrib source out of postinstall in DrakX
This is a good idea. I hope the suits don't decide against this to
protect the added value of their powerpack DVDs.
> possiblity to nuke files with standard virus extension in postfix (.exe,
> .pif..)
I somehow misread this for plf :-)
Which leads me to another problem: backported packages: Projects like
plf sometimes need to backport cooker or contrib packages to the
stable distribution. This can lead to problems when upgrading to the
next stable distribution, when the release number of the package
didn't change. Here's an example:
- install foobar-1.2-3mdk backported from cooker to Mandrake
9.1, obviously based on libbaz2.
- upgrade the distribution to 9.2. 9.2 has libbaz3 and
foobar-1.2.3mdk based on libbaz3
- as the version and release numbers stay the same, the foobar package
doesn't get updated to the version linked against libbaz3
It would be nice if packages would include an implicit epoch tag, so a
package build on 9.2 will always be newer than one for 9.1 with the
same version and release tags.
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homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of
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