Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 14:25:54 -0500 (EST) From: "Mark J. Taylor" <mtaylor@cybernet.com> To: Thomas David Rivers <ponds!rivers@dg-rtp.dg.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CHECKSUM.MD5 values for 2.2-BETA (they seem to have gone missing.) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.961231142004.13804A-100000@gateway.cybernet.com> In-Reply-To: <199612311449.JAA02530@lakes.water.net>
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I remember several years back that people were complaining about how long it takes to do a checksum during the installation, so putting it back in would probably be a bad idea. However, putting the MD5 checksums in and optionally NOT using them during installation sounds like a good idea (it would be a nice little security feture, put into sysinstall's "options" screen). On Tue, 31 Dec 1996, Thomas David Rivers wrote: > > I'm in the process of piece-meal downloading 2.2-BETA. Every now-and-then, > I like to make sure I'm getting the right bits, and need something to > check against. > > I was wondering if we should provide the MD5 checksums in each of the > sub-directories; or a single file somewhere to validate downloads. > > The CHECKSUM.MD5 files were present in 2.1.6(.1) - but they don't > seem to be there in 2.2-BETA (in either the 'bin' or 'src' subdirectories.) > > Is there now a new/improved mechanism for addressing this problem? > > Problems I typically encounter are not related to bad bits as much > as missing files... so, a file list, if nothing else; would be appreciated. > > Now - you should ask "why don't you just get 2.2-BETA.tar; you'd know > then that you had everything." Well - I usually try that, but it seems > ftp.freebsd.org isn't "connected" long enough to get it moved down > (about 6 hours, I'd guess) - after a large chunk is transferred, I > inevitably get a message from ftp saying the remote service is no > longer available. So, then, I extract the large chunk and try to > make up the difference, which is why some files have the potential to > go missing. > > I did stumble into the "*.inf" files - have these replaced the CHECKSUM.MD5? > They seem to use the older (non MD5) checksum... not that it would really > matter... Also, the "*.inf" files don't describe every file in the > directory; only the files that are part of the distribution (i.e. "install.sh" > wouldn't be listed in "bin.inf"). So, it still doesn't tell me if > I've left something behind. > > - Thanks - > - Dave Rivers - > >
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