[Slapt-get-user] slapt-get order of operations
Jason Woodward
woodwardj at jaos.org
Mon Nov 22 23:30:31 EST 2010
Hi Jude,
> When downloading any package unless package verification is disabled,
> package verification needs to have succeeded before removal of any old
> software. With package verification enabled, on the current version of
> slapt-get I notice slapt-get removes old software and empty directories
> before doing package verification of the newly downloaded package.
> Sooner or later someone with a flakey connection or malware thrown into a
> package will have a problem with this if it's not changed.
I'm not sure I follow. Prior to anything getting installed, removed, etc
each package is downloaded and the md5sum is verified. What verification
are you referring to?
take care,
jason
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Jason Woodward
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