Chip, Do you care if we switch to GNU coreutils format for the hashes? The hash value is the same it will just be in the format like
file.tbz2 *12b12341b1234b1234b1b2341b234b And then you just run "sha512sum -c <FILE>" Darren On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 2:34 PM, John Kinsella <j...@stratosec.co> wrote: > Instructions for testing the hash are in the release test page [1]. It is > also documented in the install guide. > > It is the way it is I believe because Chip took the release build script from > CouchDB, as mentioned in the release build page. > > 1: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Release+test+procedure > > On Oct 24, 2013, at 12:53 AM, Darren Shepherd > <darren.s.sheph...@gmail.com<mailto:darren.s.sheph...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > But how does one validate it? I just wrote a dumb script to > concatenation, remove whitespace, lowercase and then pass to > "sha512sum -c." I've never seen anyone provide SHAs in that format. > I wouldn't expect many people to know how to use them. Why can't we > use the good old GNU coreutils style? > > Darren > > On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 7:14 PM, John Kinsella > <j...@stratosec.co<mailto:j...@stratosec.co>> wrote: > This is the output of gpg -v --print-md SHA512, generated as part of the > release procedure [1] by tools/build/build_asf.sh > > 1: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Release+Procedure > > > On Oct 17, 2013, at 7:56 PM, Darren Shepherd > <darren.s.sheph...@gmail.com<mailto:darren.s.sheph...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > The hashes that are on c.a.o for the releases have a format like > > http://www.apache.org/dist/cloudstack/releases/4.2.0/apache-cloudstack-4.2.0-src.tar.bz2.sha > > apache-cloudstack-4.2.0-src.tar.bz2: CC487DF3 7E7B6800 F9DC05A3 5B72DEFD > 684E0094 F1666F57 5D694916 CF74ED98 > 9D7CDF35 4021D3C5 8BFD4BB9 39AB02CD > EA82D42C 78880EDB 04F2532A 61376537 > > I've never seen this. Is this some hip new format I'm not aware of, > and I'm the uncool kid still using GNU coreutils? > > Darren > > > > > Stratosec<http://stratosec.co/> - Compliance as a Service > o: 415.315.9385 > @johnlkinsella<http://twitter.com/johnlkinsella> >
