From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from vsmx012.vodafonemail.xion.oxcs.net (vsmx012.vodafonemail.xion.oxcs.net [153.92.174.90]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B0EAD3858D35 for ; Sat, 8 Aug 2020 04:32:10 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org B0EAD3858D35 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=nexgo.de Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=Stromeko@nexgo.de Received: from vsmx004.vodafonemail.xion.oxcs.net (unknown [192.168.75.198]) by mta-8-out.mta.xion.oxcs.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EA6FF34D4D for ; Sat, 8 Aug 2020 04:32:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from Otto (unknown [87.185.208.218]) by mta-8-out.mta.xion.oxcs.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 5659219ADE5 for ; Sat, 8 Aug 2020 04:32:06 +0000 (UTC) From: ASSI To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: cygport: Request a new feature in order to set owner/group names in packaged tarballs. References: <20200807233351.4B7D.50F79699@gmail.com> <87bljm1dew.fsf@Otto.invalid> <20200808094328.592C.50F79699@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2020 06:32:06 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20200808094328.592C.50F79699@gmail.com> (Lemures Lemniscati via Cygwin-apps's message of "Sat, 08 Aug 2020 09:43:32 +0900") Message-ID: <87zh75zrjt.fsf@Otto.invalid> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-VADE-STATUS: LEGIT X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Cygwin package maintainer discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2020 04:32:12 -0000 Lemures Lemniscati via Cygwin-apps writes: > But I feel uneasy about the usase of CYGPORT_TAR_CMD, because we must > specify 'tar' in it. It is a redundancy. It is also a way to do nefarious things, but there are already many more such places. > The following is a thought experiment to avoid this redundancy. [=E2=80=A6] As I said, you'll end up with configuration variables for everything except the actual command (which is found in PATH, so if I really wanted to mess with it I could do that anyway). Regards, Achim. --=20 +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ Wavetables for the Terratec KOMPLEXER: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#KomplexerWaves