Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 10:24:15 -0400 (EDT) From: James FitzGibbon <james@nexis.net> To: Ernie Elu <ernie@spooky.apana.org.au> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pgp checksum error Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.93.960527102115.23771A-100000@bdd.net> In-Reply-To: <199605260651.QAA01965@spooky.eis.net.au>
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On Sun, 26 May 1996, Ernie Elu wrote: > Trying to compile the port for pgp, first it asks me if I am a US resident > so I se it to NO in the Makefile, then it goes of and fetches pgp263is.tar.gz > from ftp.ifi.uio.no/pub/pgp/src, fine. > > After that has been fetched it gives the error: > > >> Checksum mismatch for pgp263is.tar.gz > *** Error code 1 > > > So I go and delete the package from the distfiles directory and try again, > same thing Although many will shoot down the logic of this, when faced with a port like this you can do the following (assuiming you are starting from scratch): make fetch make makesum make install The make makesum will build a new files/MD5 file containing the checksum of the file that has been fetched, instead of what the port maintainer put in (which sometimes people forget to update when a new version of the port comes out). However, since the MD5 checksum is the only validation of the file that the port Makefile does, you are opening a security hole by trusting that what you have received is not going to damage your system. -- j. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | James FitzGibbon james@nexis.net | | Integrator, The Nexis Group Voice/Fax : 416 410-0100 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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