Re: apt-get update hashsum mismatch prevent
Hi,
Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org> writes:
> - we add a flag to InRelease like "Content-Addressable-Indexes: yes"
> "Get-By-Hash: sha256,sha1" (suggestions for a good name welcome) [2]
> [2] Either going with a simple boolean flag in which case the hashes
> need to be provided for all hashes in the Release file (e.g.
> via symlinks) or by using specific hashes mentioned in the
> Release file. I lean towards just using a boolean as its
> the simplest solution.
I think the field should say which hash to use. There is no need for the
archive to have to provide the files under all possible hash names (or
apt/debmirror/* to probe which files actually exist).
Ansgar
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