Bug#767253: Please provide hashes for uncompressed Translation-*
On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 07:53:32PM +0100, Michael Vogt wrote:
>On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 04:28:42PM +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote:
>> Hi Michael!
>Hi Steve,
>
>thanks for your quick reply!
>
>> On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 04:31:13PM +0100, Michael Vogt wrote:
>> >Package: debian-cd
>> >Version: 3.1.15
>> >
>> >Please include the uncompressed hashes for the i18n/Translation-*
>> >files in the cdrom Release file in addition to the compressed
>> >ones. This is required so that apt can ensure that the hashes are
>> >correct after uncompressing and will also allow us to unify the code
>> >path for Packages/Translation verification in apt.
>>
>> OK, no problem. Would you also like the uncompressed files too, or is
>> just the hashes OK? Also: if you're revisiting this area of code, are
>> we still wanting .gz files or could/should we use stronger compression
>> methods?
>
>Having the uncompressed files on the cdrom should not be needed, apt
>should simply fetch the compressed ones if the uncompressed ones are
>missing. It does need the hash of the uncompressed one in the Release
>so that it can verify that it matches after the uncompression.
OK, cool. I'll admit to being curious - why does it want both
compressed and uncompressed? Is there a worry about corruption, maybe?
>Having something stronger than gzip is certainly a good idea, apt
>should deal just fine with .xz. If its easy for you then maybe we
>could generate a netinst image with the above changes (plus switching
>to .xz) and I can test against the current apt and fix (potential)
>issue on my side. Alternatively if you could give me a quick hint how
>to generate a netinst (or similar iso) I can try to generate a
>testimage myself.
I'll do a test this evening on pettersson and give you a download
link.
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