[pacman-dev] [PATCH] libalpm: look for up to date file anywhere in cache

[Morgan Adamiec]

On 24/06/2021 14:42, Allan McRae wrote:
> On 15/6/21 1:42 am, morganamilo wrote:
>> Currently when a package is in a secondary cachedir and there is no sig
>> file, the downloader redownloads the whole file into the primary
>> cachedir.
>>
>> So lets check all cachedirs for an up to date file.
>>
>> Fixes FS#71109
> 
> So...   this is a feature and not a bug.  Sort of.
> 
> After this patch, the .sig file ends up in the first cache and the
> package file in the second.  If the signature file is not in the package
> database, pacman looks alongside the package to find the signature file
> and fails.
> 
> Without this patch, databases without signatures work.
> 

And they don't with this patch? This patch shouldn't touch the database
download code.

> Either, the .sig file needs downloaded into the secondary cache
> directory alongside the package, or the package directly copied into
> first cache directory.
> 

What if the cachedir is read only?

> Allan
>