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Date:      Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:14:56 -0700 (MST)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Rudy <crapsh@monkeybrains.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: HOW-TO get Flash7 working!
Message-ID:  <20080110201125.Q6566@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <4786BF45.8030602@monkeybrains.net>
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On Thu, 10 Jan 2008, Rudy wrote:

> Aryeh M. Friedman wrote:
>
>>> rm /usr/ports/distfiles/flashplugin/fp7_archive.zip
>>
>> An other way to fix it in some ways is to run a make makesum to update
>> the distfile checksums
>
> The fp7_archive.zip was an odd case were I felt more comfortable deleting it 
> -- hadn't see that error before (and didn't save it to cut and paste).  I 
> thought it was only my system, but apparently, others had this same issue 
> with the fp7_archive.zip file.  Maybe a new one was released with the same 
> filename on adobe?
>
> Would "makesum" would blindly use what is in the /usr/ports/distfiles -- 
> corrupt, man-in-the-middled, or whatever was there?

Yes.  Don't use make makesum unless you're porting or at least know the 
distfile is safe.  make distclean and a refetch is the safer way to go, 
or updating the ports tree so the checksum comes from someone who is 
presumably more aware of the correct distfile.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA



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