commit: 2b932a339cb9a6073e4bc508eaa733dcca1f5fd4 Author: Michał Górny <mgorny <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Mon Nov 13 17:06:27 2017 +0000 Commit: Michał Górny <mgorny <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Sat Nov 25 20:49:16 2017 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/glep.git/commit/?id=2b932a33
glep-0074: Explain combining multiple Manifest trees The idea has been originally suggested by Robin H. Johnson. glep-0074.rst | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/glep-0074.rst b/glep-0074.rst index e8fc849..42c0c9e 100644 --- a/glep-0074.rst +++ b/glep-0074.rst @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ Type: Standards Track Status: Draft Version: 1 Created: 2017-10-21 -Last-Modified: 2017-11-06 -Post-History: 2017-10-26 +Last-Modified: 2017-11-16 +Post-History: 2017-10-26, 2017-11-16 Content-Type: text/x-rst Requires: 59, 61 Replaces: 44, 58, 60 @@ -365,6 +365,34 @@ uncompressed content and the specification is free to choose either of the files using the same base name. +Combining multiple Manifest trees (informational) +------------------------------------------------- + +This specification permits nesting multiple hierarchical Manifest trees. +In this layout, the specific directories of the Manifest tree can +be verified both as a part of another top-level Manifest, +and as an independent Manifest tree (when obtained without the parent +directory). + +For this to work, the sub-Manifest file in the directory must also +satisfy the requirements for the top-level Manifest file. That is: + +- it must be named ``Manifest`` and not compressed, + +- it must cover all the files in this directory and its subdirectories + (i.e. no files from the directory tree can be covered by parent + Manifest), + +- if authenticity verification is desired, it must be OpenPGP-signed. + +It should be noted that if such a directory is a subdirectory of a valid +Manifest tree, the sub-Manifest needs to be valid according +to the top-level Manifest and the OpenPGP signature is disregarded +as detailed in `Manifest file locations and nesting`_. The top-level +behavior is exhibited only when the directory is obtained without parent +directories. + + An example Manifest file (informational) ---------------------------------------- @@ -792,7 +820,7 @@ for the ``Manifest`` file in every package directory: - all ``.ebuild`` files need to use the ``EBUILD`` tag, -` the ``metadata.xml`` and ``ChangeLog`` files need to use +- the ``metadata.xml`` and ``ChangeLog`` files need to use the ``MISC`` tag, - the Manifest can be signed to provide authenticity verification,
