Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 19:41:44 -0500 From: "Allen Pulsifer" <pulsifer@mediaone.net> To: "Mitch Collinsworth" <mkc@Graphics.Cornell.EDU>, <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Is 4.0-iso checksum right? [was: iso-image ] Message-ID: <NBBBJNDFEKPEHPFCLNLHMEOOGFAA.pulsifer@mediaone.net> In-Reply-To: <200003250006.TAA36595@larryboy.graphics.cornell.edu>
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That's not a bad idea. How about it Jordan? Is there some way of distinguishing the various iterations of ISO image that are produced as you try to roll a good release? Maybe you could put a single letter suffix after the name, such as, "4.0a-install.iso", "4.0b-install.iso", etc.? That would also help identify the exact file to which checksum.md5 is referring. Allen > -----Original Message----- > From: Mitch Collinsworth [mailto:mkc@Graphics.Cornell.EDU] > Sent: Friday, March 24, 2000 7:06 PM > To: Allen Pulsifer > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG > Subject: Re: Is 4.0-iso checksum right? [was: iso-image ] > > > > >I started a download from ftp.freebsd.org this Tues, and it took about > >24 hours to complete. The checksum matched up ok, but it looks like > >the ISO image has changed since then. > > yep, that's it. my checksum matches the old file. guess I should have > grabbed the checksum file first. :-) I hadn't notice the date change. > > That's one thing that just doesn't make sense to me about the way fbsd > releases are being managed. I have absolutely no problem with the > release being re-done for just about any reason they think is > justifiable. But there really should be a field somewhere in the > version/release number to allow distinguishing between one and another. > Anything that's important enough to warrant re-issueing the release is > obviously important enough to have a number to indicate the version you > have has that revision in it. > > -Mitch To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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