***SPAM*** Re: update-function for lin and autocorrection of the checksums for the verify-plugins

[Jannis Pohlmann]

Hey,

Am Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:22:51 +0100
schrieb Christian Riggenbach <criggenbach at magahugu.net>:

> Am Montag, den 05.01.2009, 10:18 -0800 schrieb Kok, Auke:
> > Christian Riggenbach wrote:
> > > Hi everybody
> > > 
> > > A new try: After about a year, I submit my update-patches again.
> > > I hope, this time more people have time to check them.
> > > 
> > > The patches ('module-update.plugin', 'lin.patch', and
> > > 'download-generic.plugin.patch') extend the lin-programm with an
> > > update-funktion. This is made with an additional getopts-switch
> > > in the lin-program itself, a BUILD_POST_INSTALL-plugin and by
> > > preserving the timestamp of the dowloaded file for suggest the
> > > UPDATED-date.
> > > 
> > > With this patch, a user can update a module simply by:
> > > 
> > > # lin -uw VERSION MODULE
> > > 
> > > The patches 'verify-{md5,sha1}.plugin.patch' extend the
> > > verifying-plugins so that they can correct the checksums
> > > themself, if the module is in the zlocal-section.
> > 
> > This turns a "small" hack into an outright big one... I really
> > don't like this at all. Apart from adding a lot of code it only
> > helps for very few cases, and in those cases people should really
> > double check the websites and modules to see if they match anyway
> > (and fix them attentively).
> 
> It's clear you have to check the dates and versions on the website.
> As I have written, this function _suggests_ a date for UPDATE. In my
> case, when I get curious if there's a new version, I browse the
> website to verify it. Normaly just near the download there's the date
> of the file (or a news-article about the version). So I can verify it
> just in time.
> 
> I don't think this function can only be used in a few cases. Almost
> all my modules, for which I found a new version, are updated with
> this. It's also a sort of test, because you can only update it if it
> compiles without errors.

besides agreeing with Auke, I have one more problem with it: this
shouldn't be part of "lin". "lin" is for installing modules not for
maintaining them. If at all, it should be part of "lvu". 

But as mentioned in the first sentence, I agree with Auke. It's just a
hack and doesn't really help as you should double-check with the
websites anyway.

If you consider it so useful, why not write a small standalone program
and publish it somewhere instead of trying to move it into "lin".

  - Jannis