Received: from spf1.us4.outblaze.com (spf1.us4.outblaze.com [205.158.62.23]) by sdf.lonestar.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id iAGKoJFW009902 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 20:50:19 GMT Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [199.232.76.165]) by spf1.us4.outblaze.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8722537F1 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 20:50:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CUAQ5-0004wh-Qu for migo@homemail.com; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:59:21 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CUAPh-0004uu-MC for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:58:57 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CUAPh-0004uO-5S for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:58:57 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CUAPh-0004uF-0u for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:58:57 -0500 Received: from [80.188.250.46] (helo=gardas.dyndns.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CUAGW-0003QK-5E for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:49:28 -0500 Received: from karel (helo=localhost) by gardas.dyndns.org with local-esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CUAGF-0004H0-00; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 21:49:11 +0100 Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 21:49:11 +0100 (CET) From: Karel Gardas X-X-Sender: karel@gardas.dyndns.org To: Jan Hudec Subject: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: darcs vs tla In-Reply-To: <20041116204346.GA4854@vagabond> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: gnu-arch-users@gnu.org, lode.leroy@advalvas.be, jeremy.shaw@linspireinc.com, Dustin Sallings X-BeenThere: gnu-arch-users@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: a discussion list for all things arch-ish List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: gnu-arch-users-bounces+migo=homemail.com@gnu.org Errors-To: gnu-arch-users-bounces+migo=homemail.com@gnu.org Status: RO Content-Length: 1713 Lines: 46 On Tue, 16 Nov 2004, Jan Hudec wrote: > On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 21:03:26 +0100, Karel Gardas wrote: > > On Tue, 16 Nov 2004, Jan Hudec wrote: > > > > > > - darcs does not support patch signing/verification except simple > > > > email-based transport method (showstopper for me) > > > > > > Arch does not support signing/verification for transport -- it supports > > > it for STORAGE. That's the key point. The signatures are stored and can > > > be validated at any point in future. Eg. after a security accident. > > > > Yes, true, sorry for not so precise definition. The most important thing > > is that signing/verification is transport independend while this is not > > the case in darcs. In addition darcs patches are not signed in repository > > but on export (by send command), which is showstopper about which I wrote. > > Yes. That is completely useless for checking integrity of your > repository after the computer was compromised That's true and that's why this is showstopper for me. > or when your harddisk is dying. That's true w.r.t. signing/verification but not w.r.t. darcs as whole. As I've seen darcs support `check' command which is able to check your current tree for corruption: ``Check verifies that the patches stored in the repository, when successively applied to an empty tree, properly recreate the stored current tree.'' Cheers, Karel -- Karel Gardas kgardas@objectsecurity.com ObjectSecurity Ltd. http://www.objectsecurity.com _______________________________________________ Gnu-arch-users mailing list Gnu-arch-users@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-arch-users GNU arch home page: http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnu-arch/