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| author |   Markus Meier <maekke@gentoo.org> | 2010-06-04 23:08:07 +0200 |
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| committer |   Markos Chandras <hwoarang@gentoo.org> | 2010-08-24 12:46:19 +0300 |
| commit | a9a33765e779bf000d2cf5355cf5650b3d27ecd3 (patch) | |
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move autopackage to src_prepare
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diff --git a/ebuild-writing/functions/src_prepare/autopackage/text.xml b/ebuild-writing/functions/src_prepare/autopackage/text.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..dfde1c5 --- /dev/null +++ b/ebuild-writing/functions/src_prepare/autopackage/text.xml @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +<?xml version="1.0"?> +<guide self="ebuild-writing/functions/src_unpack/autopackage/"> +<chapter> +<title>Autopackage</title> + +<body> +<p> +If a package is only supplied in autopackage format, you must not add +it to the tree. If a package is supplied in autopackage format and +some other sane standard format (for example a source tarball), use +the other format only. +</p> + +<p> +Autopackage packages are totally unsuitable for Gentoo systems for a +large number of reasons: +</p> + +<ul> + <li> + To even unpack the package, you must run arbitrary code supplied by an untrusted source. + </li> + <li>They install directly to the live filesystem.</li> + <li>Their intrinsic dependency resolver is broken.</li> + <li>They do not support the filesystem layout used by Gentoo.</li> + <li>They do not support configuration protection.</li> + <li>They can clobber arbitrary files on uninstall.</li> + <li>The linking mechanism used is insufficiently flexible.</li> + <li> + The entire format is completely unportable and highly tied to x86 + Linux systems. + </li> +</ul> + +<p> +Upstream are aware of these issues and have no desire to fix them <d/> +indeed, they pass off some of their most broken behaviour as +'features'. +</p> +</body> +</chapter> +</guide> |