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List:       macports-dev
Subject:    Re: the size checksum
From:       Jan =?iso-8859-1?Q?Star=FD?= <hans () stare ! cz>
Date:       2018-08-18 8:49:57
Message-ID: 20180818084957.GA55639 () www ! stare ! cz
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On Aug 18 08:37:07, jonesc@hep.phy.cam.ac.uk wrote:
> This is being discussed in another thread. Guess you did not see that..

Yes; sorry for not reading ahead.

> > On 18 Aug 2018, at 8:16 am, Jan Starư <hans@stare.cz> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > beside sha25 and rmd160, some ports use a 'size' field in the checksums.
> > Why was it added? The fact that the distfile has the prescribed sha256
> > and the prescribed rmd160 makes it almost certain (as certain as crypto
> > checksums can be) it is the intended file. The fact that it has a prescribed
> > size IMHO adds nothing to that certainty. Or does it?
> > 
> >    Jan
> > 
> 
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