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Re: dpkg-sig support wanted?



Scripsit Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
> * Henning Makholm:

>> Why wait for the world to settle? Would there be anything wrong with
>> writing a sha256sum program that outputs base64 right now?

> I wouldn't use real base64, though, because it would mean that you can
> use its hashed output as a file name.

Good point. One might replace "/" with "_" and omit the final "=".
Having a "+" in the hash should be safe in most contexts.

-- 
Henning Makholm                   "We will discuss your youth another time."



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