Contents-source.gz - Debian
This is a discussion on Contents-source.gz - Debian ; Hi,
I'm wondering whether having a Contents-source.gz file on the mirrors
would be interesting. p.d.o could also be updated so as to support the
search through the “Source” architecture. apt-file could also use such
data.
Use case: when discovering a ...
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Contents-source.gz
Hi,
I'm wondering whether having a Contents-source.gz file on the mirrors
would be interesting. p.d.o could also be updated so as to support the
search through the “Source” architecture. apt-file could also use such
data.
Use case: when discovering a bug in a given file (e.g. a header, an m4
or a pkg-config file), one could easily search for other source packages
including it, to spot possible bogus packages (e.g. FTBFSing in some
circumstances).
That might be particularly useful when working on security issues: given
a work-needing file, one could search for possible copies in other
source packages, which might not been known as embedding a copy of the
responsible library/file.
Another application could be searching the source packages for files
matching a given pattern, so as to determine which source packages
contain a given library, or files written in a given language (if one
can trust the extension enough).
Comment welcome.
Cheers,
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Cyril Brulebois
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Re: Contents-source.gz
Am 2007-11-17 13:25:28, schrieb Cyril Brulebois:
> Hi,
>
> I'm wondering whether having a Contents-source.gz file on the mirrors
> would be interesting. p.d.o could also be updated so as to support the
> search through the “Source” architecture. apt-file could also use such
> data.
But you know, that sources have 100 times more files as the binaries?
Which would result in a Contents-source.gz of over one GByte.
Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
Michelle Konzack
Tamay Dogan Network
Open Hardware Developer
Debian GNU/Linux Consultant
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Re: Contents-source.gz
Michelle Konzack wrote:
> Am 2007-11-17 13:25:28, schrieb Cyril Brulebois:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm wondering whether having a Contents-source.gz file on the mirrors
>> would be interesting. p.d.o could also be updated so as to support the
>> search through the “Source” architecture. apt-file could also use such
>> data.
>
> But you know, that sources have 100 times more files as the binaries?
>
> Which would result in a Contents-source.gz of over one GByte.
So what? Space is cheap these days.
But instead of a Contents-source.gz I'd find a Koders-like search trough
all sources much more interesting, especially if it comes with a way to
retrieve diffs between releases or uploads.
/me goes and puts Debian into git.
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Re: Contents-source.gz
On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 10:38:51PM +0100, Bernd Zeimetz wrote:
> So what? Space is cheap these days.
Contrary to popular belief, space will never become free.
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