[pacman-dev] [PATCH] makepkg: rework --skip-integ

[Allan McRae]

Jeff wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 02:40:53PM +1000, Allan McRae wrote:
>   
>> While it may be argued that it is better to use a svn/cvs/git/etc
>> PKGBUILD, in many cases the snapshots are generally sanity checked
>> before release.
>>     
>
> Preface: I can't find the words to say to prevent the following from
> sounding argumentative. Please be assured it is mere curiosity of
> reasoning:
>
> If a sanity check fails, won't the fix be committed to the above
> mentioned svn/cvs/git/etc repo and not just exist in the snapshot? This
> would seem to put the snapshot argument into a very tiny corner case.
>
> As for a thumbs up/down on the proposal of extending skipinteg to source
> packages, you have shown value for such an action, but I wonder if it
> should be either a separate option or one that requires an argument such
> as --skipinteg=source with the main difference being a big warning
> echoed at the end of the process saying something to the effect that the
> packaged source tarball is unsafe as it cannot be authenticated easily.
> Obviously you cannot restrain laziness, but perhaps this could help with
> unintentional mistakes?
>   

I'm not sure how unintentional uses could happen.   I have been working 
on computers for ages and I am fairly sure I have never accidentally 
typed "--skipinteg"! :)  In the proposed patch, there is a warning 
whenever this option is used.

Allan