On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 10:27:52AM +0000, Kevin Chadwick wrote: > On Mon, 7 Feb 2011 09:49:29 +0200 > Mihai Popescu <mihai...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > please tell me how to use this SHA256 file then? > > There was a thread recently about this where theo threatened to remove > them, please don't. > > It is only guaranteed for releases and not snapshots, where it will be > hit and miss. > > You can compare a SHA256 from various servers that you trust whilst > getting the .iso from any mirror, bearing in mind that they aren't all > in sync as the snapshots are released so often and even one server might > have it's SHA256 out of sync with it's own .iso when you happen to > come along. >
Maybe something should be put into the FAQ to prevent or shorten such threads in the future? Index: faq5.html =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/www/faq/faq5.html,v retrieving revision 1.182 diff -u -p -r1.182 faq5.html --- faq5.html 4 Feb 2011 03:25:14 -0000 1.182 +++ faq5.html 7 Feb 2011 11:34:14 -0000 @@ -198,7 +198,8 @@ these are builds of whatever code is in builder grabbed a copy of the code for that particular platform. Remember, on some platforms, it may be DAYS before the snapshot build is completed and put out for distribution. There is no promise that the -snapshots are completely functional, or even install. Often, a change +snapshots are completely functional, or even install. Especially the +SHA256 might be out of sync. Often, a change that needs to be tested may trigger snapshot creation. Some platforms have snapshots built on an almost daily basis, others will be much less frequent. If you desire to run <i>-current</i>, a recent
