On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 12:48 PM, Matthias Andree <matthias.and...@gmx.de> wrote: > > Am 21.06.2017 um 16:33 schrieb Samuli Seppänen: > > On 21/06/2017 17:06, Simon Matter wrote: > >>> On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 6:47 AM, Samuli Seppänen <sam...@openvpn.net> > >>> wrote: > >>>> The OpenVPN community project team is proud to release OpenVPN 2.4.3. It > >>>> can be downloaded from here: > >>>> > >>>> <http://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/downloads.html> > >>> Hi. Thanks for this release. > >>> > >>> Verifying the PGP signature on 2.3.17.tar.gz works fine (so did 2.4.2 > >>> a few weeks ago), but trying to verify the signature on 2.4.3.tar.gz > >>> fails with: > >> I wanted to ask this during the 2.4.2 hickup but now I really ask because > >> there is confusion again with 2.4.3: > >> > >> Could you please add check sums of all release files so that one can > >> easily check to have the correct download. Even MD5 works better no check > >> sum :-) > >> > >> Regards, > >> Simon > >> > > Makes sense. I'll see if I could tackle that tomorrow. > > > > Meanwhile I added a test script which downloads every release file and > > verifies their signatures. I will run this script as part of the release > > process. > > It makes no sense at all. Don't start that! >
I disagree. Having the checksums would have saved me a lot of time today because I would have immediately known which file was corrupt -- the binary or the signature file -- without bothering the list. It might help rule out Cloudflare as a suspected cause of the problem. > You already provide detached GnuPG signatures, which are better suited > for most purposes and incidentally also cover the "checksum" purpose. Yes, "most purposes", but not "all purposes". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Openvpn-devel mailing list Openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-devel
