CVS: moonbase/utils/lm_sensors DETAILS,1.2,1.3

joel vennin jol at lunar-linux.org
Sun Jul 20 16:41:43 GMT 2003


Le Dimanche 20 Juillet 2003 15:53, Auke Kok a écrit :
> On Sun, 2003-07-20 at 13:47, joel vennin wrote:
> > Ah ok, if it's not really necessary so why use MD5 field ?
>
> - if the master download site has been hacked and/or possibly tainted,
> adding a md5sum will catch that
>
> - if the author of the package uses stupid filenames without version
> numbers in them, adding a md5sum makes it possible to differentiate
> between versions

For me another reason why i add the MD5 field it is for be sure that the 
downloaded file is CORRECTLY downloaded. And it's why i add if i can the MD5 
field.

jol




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