Avery> Could someone explain to me why it's so important to keep sources Avery> "pristine" in this sense?
Security. Trojan horses. To be able to compare against digital footprints (eg md5sums) from upstream. Avery> I can understand not wanting to Avery> untar-retar the archive, but recompressing it? Who does that hurt? The md5sum changes. -- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] According to the latest official figures, http://rosebud.ml.org/~edd 43% of all statistics are totally worthless. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
