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On Sunday 08 March 2009 07:06:22 John covici wrote: |
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> on Saturday 03/07/2009 Dale(rdalek1967@×××××.com) wrote |
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> > Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > > On Saturday 07 March 2009 23:20:38 John covici wrote: |
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> > >> Hi. I am getting digest verification failed when trying to emerge |
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> > >> bittorrent -- it is having trouble with the Changelog file. The |
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> > >> exact message is: |
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> > >> !!! Digest verification failed: |
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> > >> !!! /usr/portage/net-p2p/bittorrent/ChangeLog |
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> > >> !!! Reason: Filesize does not match recorded size |
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> > >> !!! Got: 19308 |
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> > >> !!! Expected: 19466 |
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> > >> |
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> > >> Is there a new ebuild coming? |
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> > > |
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> > > wait 24 hours, resync, try again. |
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> > > |
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> > > Or just re-digest the package manually: |
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> > > |
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> > > ebuild <path_to_ebuild_file> manifest |
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> > |
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> > Does emerge --digest still exist? I recall using something like that a |
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> > long time ago. I think I used it for googleforearth which never |
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> > matches. |
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> OK, thanks I was hoping something like that would work. |
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As others have already said (but the importance of it got lost in the ensuing |
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retorts), you have to be careful not to redigest stuff arbitrarily. This case |
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was a mere Changelog which doesn't affect the built binaries and hence is |
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safe. |
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Most digest failures are for one of two reasons: |
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1. Proprietary binaries that don't think it necessary to tell their customers |
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which version they are getting. They must think customer's are psychic, |
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2. The developer goofed and forgot to upload one or more changed files. |
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The dangerous case that digests are designed to help you with is malicious |
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changes where you get a trojan. This danger is real and you should take it |
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seriously. The fact that I've never actually *seen* it happen doesn't mean |
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anything and isn't even relevant. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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