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Michel Merinoff <mike_merinov@××××××××.uk> posted |
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44F7582E.3080606@××××××××.uk, excerpted below, on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 |
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01:44:14 +0400: |
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> Oliver Klein wrote: |
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>> So i decide to install dev-libs/atk but this tells me |
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>> !!! Digest verification failed: |
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>> !!! /usr/portage/distfiles/atk-1.12.1.tar.bz2 |
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>> !!! Reason: Filesize does not match recorded size |
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>> !!! Got: 641378 |
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>> !!! Expected: 632397 |
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>> So please can anyone help me to install firefox? |
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> In this case, I often did something like ebuild |
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> </usr/portage/dev-libs/atk(blah-blah).ebuild> digest. I had broken |
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> digest even after unpacking the latest snapshot of portage tree. |
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The problem with digest is that it makes anything there look right to |
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portage, whether it is or not. If you change something in an ebuild or |
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the sources tarball, it's appropriate to use ebuild digest because you |
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know where the changes came from. If you didn't, then for all you know, |
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the difference is due to some cracker trying to insert his own malware. |
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Sure, it's most likely just a mistake, or possibly a download error (in |
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which case you want to redownload rather than force portage to ignore the |
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error), but the point is, portage has those checks there for a reason, and |
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if you bypass them, unless you made or verified the changes yourself, you |
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have no idea whether the change is a harmless error, a bad download that |
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will break the merge or harm package functionality after merge, or a |
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cracker trying to insert malware. That's a risk you can take if you want, |
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but it's not one I choose to take! Even if that means filing a bug and |
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waiting a few days for a fix, that's what I'll do! |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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