non-backward compatible changes in the format of packing list and handle
them gracefully;
- fix a longstanding issue with symlinks handling. Instead of recording
checksum for the file symlink points to, record checksum for the value
returned by readlink(2). For backward compatibility increase packing list
format minor version number and provide a fallback to a previous behaviour,
if package in question was created with older version of pkg_* tools;
Submitted by: Alec Wolman <wolman@cs.washington.edu>, sobomax
- don't record MD5 checksum for device nodes, fifo's and other non-regular
files.
Submitted by: nbm
MFC in: 2 weeks
the packing list. Also use switch() instead of zillion "else if ()" and for()
loop instead of while() loop for traversing through linked list.
MFC candidate.
Submitted by: Alec Wolman <wolman@cs.washington.edu>
concerning where they're taking place.
Switch from [r]index() to str[r]chr() functions, which are more ISO
compliant.
Prompted by: Edward Welbourne <eddy@vortigen.demon.co.uk>
This will make a number of things easier in the future, as well as (finally!)
avoiding the Id-smashing problem which has plagued developers for so long.
Boy, I'm glad we're not using sup anymore. This update would have been
insane otherwise.
later at pkg_delete time to verify that you're deleting what you added.
This, of course, does NOT cover the case where a file you still need
hasn't changed! That's a tougher problem to solve, and this provides
only the minimal amount of safety belt. MD5 checksums are stored in comment
fields, so packages produced with these tools are backwards compatible with
the older ones.
