"Pseudo-Image Kit" minor info update

2001-04-15 Thread Mathew H Stewart
Hello, I just finished using the "Pseudo-Image Kit" to get the iso image of 2.2_rev2 and wanted to comment on one minor thing in the "readme.txt" file. (btw, I was using the Windows .zip version) The example of the rsync command still shows /2.1/ as part of the path and while I was aware tha

Re: Bug#93612: Support for new archive structure

2001-04-15 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Sun, Apr 15, 2001 at 06:55:43PM +0200, Attila Nagy écrivait: > So could somebody tell what are the exact parameters of a good Debian CD? - bootable (at least the first CD) - good official packages - good documentation - works with dpkg-multicd and apt-cdrom It's difficult to check automatical

Re: Bug#93612: Support for new archive structure

2001-04-15 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Sun, 15 Apr 2001, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > Le Sun, Apr 15, 2001 at 12:18:26AM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe écrivait: > > 1) Make the empty file dists/woody/aptignr > > - This tells apt-cdrom that the CD is foobar'd below this directory > >and it should just ignore it. > > Does thi

Re: Bug#93612: Support for new archive structure

2001-04-15 Thread bbennet
On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn wrote: >On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, Santiago Vila wrote: > >> On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Philip Charles wrote: >> >> > On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: >> > >> > > No more than all the other ugly things that have been suggested, and this >> > > only aff

Re: Bug#93612: Support for new archive structure

2001-04-15 Thread Attila Nagy
Hello, > If it is unoffical, loop mount it and compare the image's /md5sums.txt > with the archives ./indices/md5sums.gz That's not enough. For example I have Packages* files with a length of 0 byte. It could be important to check the MD5 checksums, but it is more important to check the other sm

Re: Bug#93612: Support for new archive structure

2001-04-15 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Sun, Apr 15, 2001 at 12:18:26AM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe écrivait: > 1) Make the empty file dists/woody/aptignr > - This tells apt-cdrom that the CD is foobar'd below this directory >and it should just ignore it. Does this feature already exist ? If not, please consider calling i

Re: Bug#93612: Support for new archive structure

2001-04-15 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Sat, Apr 14, 2001 at 08:15:49PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe écrivait: > > > It will add them both and it becomes trivial for someone to defeat the > > > security mechanisms. > > > Why ? > > What do you mean 'Why?' Put the bad files in the insecure space and > let-er-rip. I can't understand tha

Re: Bug#93612: Support for new archive structure

2001-04-15 Thread Richard Atterer
On Sat, Apr 14, 2001 at 05:02:10PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: [snip] > I *really* don't see why this is necessary. How is writing: > deb file:/.../ woody-secured main > any better than writing > deb-partial file:/.../ woody main > ? > > Even with this scheme you still need to have the 'deb-par

Re: Bug#93612: Support for new archive structure

2001-04-15 Thread Philip Charles
On Sun, 15 Apr 2001, Attila Nagy wrote: > Hello, > > > > I have used this myself. It is a good way to test an image. It is also > > > used by people who have borrowed CDs and do not have a burner. > I think a validity checking part in debian-cd would be very nice. > > BTW, what's the correct

Re: Bug#93612: Support for new archive structure

2001-04-15 Thread Philip Charles
On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, Philip Charles wrote: > > > A CD (or iso image) is essentially one file and the integrity of this can > > be verified by a single signed checksum. > > No, that is such an oversimplification and what you have described of the