Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 7 Apr 1999 11:25:46 +0200 (CEST) | From | Dag Wieers <> | Subject | RE: /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Changes |
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On Tue, 6 Apr 1999, Alex Buell wrote:
> Tarballs (*.tar.gz files) are the true tried and tested method for > distributing _SOURCE_ code. I myself distribute my source code in > tarballs, and in nothing else. I leave it up to the distributors (i.e > RedHat, Debian) to repackage them for their distributions. I think I shall > put in a provision in my sources in future to force people to give an URL > pointing to my tarballs for those who wants it. well, look again. a source-rpm is just the tar-ball (maybe some patches too) and a spec-file (which list the process of compiling and the files and some info)
i think you're really overreacting.
> Another reason for myself wanting the sources is to protect myself from > knobheads putting out "modified" binaries that leaves my systems with > security problems - see previous articles in this mailing list for the > Utils-linux 2.9i trojan saga. we're talking about the same sources here. talking about binaries means you missed the point. you can distributed binaries in a tarball too and that doesn't mean taballs are evil, is it ?
> Now do you understand?! i understand every single word, but when you put them together i don't understand where you're getting at. instead of complaining you could already have solved your problem, without any fuzz. instead you chose to keep ranting about it.
(ok, i must admit that that is not entirely your fault ;))
-- dag wieers, <dag@life.be>, http://dag.life.be/ _| _ _ for life is quite absurd, (_|(_|(_| and death's the final word. -- Monty Python |
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