From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [64.233.182.186] (helo=nf-out-0910.google.com) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1H5S9n-00074N-KY for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Fri, 12 Jan 2007 20:33:43 +0100 Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id l24so1246904nfc for ; Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:31:40 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.48.254.1 with SMTP id b1mr975174nfi.1168630298710; Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:31:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from CUBE ( [85.202.124.214]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id k9sm11358259nfc.2007.01.12.11.31.37; Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:31:38 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 21:31:37 +0200 From: Paul Sokolovsky X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <1589219206.20070112213137@gmail.com> To: "Matt Reimer" In-Reply-To: References: <20070111203010.GB336@mage.jpl.nasa.gov> <45A6A0C2.2080400@dominion.kabel.utwente.nl> <20070111214849.GD336@mage.jpl.nasa.gov> MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org, familiar@handhelds.org Subject: Re: [Familiar] Re: [announce] new tagged version of ipkg X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:33:43 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Matt, Friday, January 12, 2007, 8:58:34 PM, you wrote: > On 1/11/07, Erik Hovland wrote: >> > Tarball? >> >> No tarball at this time. If one is desired it can be facilitated. >> >> > ChangeLog? >> >> The ipkg/C/ChangeLog has been updated: >> >> 2007-01-11 erik ( erik@hovland.org) >> * Version update to 0.99.164 >> * Fixed usage of temporary files to be more secure >> * Closed several potential memory/file descriptor leaks >> * Cleaned up warnings in several parts of the code >> * Added checking to libbb/unzip.c so it did not use tainted data >> * Changed code in several places where it is possible to dereference an invalid pointer > I'd like to see this added to the ChangeLog: > * Converted from storing metadata in flat files to storing it in an sqlite db > Of course, a bit of work might be needed to actually make that a true > statement. ;-) I really have an itch for that myself, I just wonder if less steep start can be made here, like to add separate simple hash-based index for Packages file, so it was quick to look up package by name. Of course, if that could help depends on ipkg code, and I didn't yet have chance to peek at... > Matt -- Best regards, Paul mailto:pmiscml@gmail.com