Re: The case for moving raw binaries

[raingloom <raingloom@riseup.net>]

On Thu, 28 Apr 2022 21:57:04 +0200
Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be> wrote:

> Liliana Marie Prikler schreef op do 28-04-2022 om 19:27 [+0200]:
> > > How does this help with double wrapping?  Whether the wrappers /
> > > originals are put in /bin or $RAWBIN_DIR, it's still wrapped
> > > twice.  
> > Because $RAWBIN_DIR can be ignored when wrapping.  This means that
> > stuff that's already in it won't be added again.
> > [...]
> > Constructing the wrapper is not so much the problem, it's not
> > wrapping the already wrapped binaries.   
> 
> Why can $RAWBIN_DIR be ignored when wrapping?  If the build system
> just sets $X during its wrappers, but the application needs $Y as well
> (wrapped in a build phase), then if the extra wrapping is cancelled,
> then the application won't get its $Y variable, which seems like a bug
> to me.
> 
> Greetings,
> Maxime.

It should be pretty easy to detect a wrapped binary without moving it.
We could just include a magic string in it and scan for that, the exact
same way we scan for store references. If it contains the "wrapped"
magic UUID, it's wrapped.