Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:39:43 -0500 From: Parv <parv@pair.com> To: Mikhail Teterin <mi+mx@aldan.algebra.com> Cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org, Erwin Lansing <erwin@freebsd.org>, mi@aldan.algebra.com Subject: Re: bin/34628: [pkg_install] [patch] pkg-routines ignore the recorded md5 checksums Message-ID: <20061115053943.GA34474@holestein.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <200611141703.38311.mi%2Bmx@aldan.algebra.com> References: <200611142154.kAELsKN4007777@freefall.freebsd.org> <200611141703.38311.mi%2Bmx@aldan.algebra.com>
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in message <200611141703.38311.mi+mx@aldan.algebra.com>, wrote Mikhail Teterin thusly... > > в╕второк 14 листопад 2006 16:54, Erwin Lansing написав: > > Synopsis: [pkg_install] [patch] pkg-routines ignore the recorded md5 > > checksums > > > I agree with sobomax that this functionality is not needed > > and adds unnecessary overhead. ... > `pkg_info -W' would also be able to warn about checksum > mismatches, which would suggest, a file has been modified (or > corrupted) since getting installed. > > Anyway, what is the overhead exactly? Is that a trick question? Overhead would be in the time & other computer resources (file handles, CPU time, etc.) it will take to calculate the MD5 check sum for all the files of a installed port. Imagine that when installing more than one or two ports, or a large one. - Parv --
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