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@@ -415,9 +415,10 @@ The format of this file is one line for each file for which to check the
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hash, each line being space-separated, with these three fields:
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* the type of hash, one of:
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-** +sha1+, +sha224+, +sha256+, +sha384+, +sha512+, +none+
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+** +md5+, +sha1+, +sha224+, +sha256+, +sha384+, +sha512+, +none+
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* the hash of the file:
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** for +none+, one or more non-space chars, usually just the string +xxx+
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+** for +md5+, 32 hexadecimal characters
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** for +sha1+, 40 hexadecimal characters
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** for +sha224+, 56 hexadecimal characters
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** for +sha256+, 64 hexadecimal characters
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@@ -431,14 +432,17 @@ lines are ignored.
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There can be more than one hash for a single file, each on its own line. In
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this case, all hashes must match.
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+.Note
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Ideally, the hashes stored in this file should match the hashes published by
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upstream, e.g. on their website, in the e-mail announcement... If upstream
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-provides more than one type of hash (say, +sha1+ and +sha512+), then it is
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+provides more than one type of hash (e.g. +sha1+ and +sha512+), then it is
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best to add all those hashes in the +.hash+ file. If upstream does not
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-provide any hash, then compute at least one yourself, and mention this in a
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-comment line above the hashes.
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+provide any hash, or only provides an +md5+ hash, then compute at least one
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+strong hash yourself (preferably +sha256+, but not +md5+), and mention
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+this in a comment line above the hashes.
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-*Note:* the number of spaces does not matter, so one can use spaces to
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+.Note
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+The number of spaces does not matter, so one can use spaces (or tabs) to
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properly align the different fields.
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The +none+ hash type is reserved to those archives downloaded from a
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@@ -446,20 +450,23 @@ repository, like a 'git clone', a 'subversion checkout'... or archives
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downloaded with the xref:github-download-url[github helper].
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The example below defines a +sha1+ and a +sha256+ published by upstream for
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-the main +libfoo-1.2.3.tar.bz2+ tarball, plus two locally-computed hashes,
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-a +sha256+ for a downloaded patch, a +sha1+ for a downloaded binary blob,
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-and an archive with no hash:
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+the main +libfoo-1.2.3.tar.bz2+ tarball, an +md5+ from upstream and a
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+locally-computed +sha256+ hashes for a binary blob, a +sha256+ for a
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+downloaded patch, and an archive with no hash:
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----
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# Hashes from: http://www.foosoftware.org/download/libfoo-1.2.3.tar.bz2.{sha1,sha256}:
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sha1 486fb55c3efa71148fe07895fd713ea3a5ae343a libfoo-1.2.3.tar.bz2
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sha256 efc8103cc3bcb06bda6a781532d12701eb081ad83e8f90004b39ab81b65d4369 libfoo-1.2.3.tar.bz2
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-# No upstream hashes for the following:
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+# md5 from: http://www.foosoftware.org/download/libfoo-1.2.3.tar.bz2.md5, sha256 locally computed:
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+md5 2d608f3c318c6b7557d551a5a09314f03452f1a1 libfoo-data.bin
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+sha256 01ba4719c80b6fe911b091a7c05124b64eeece964e09c058ef8f9805daca546b libfoo-data.bin
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+
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+# Locally computed:
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sha256 ff52101fb90bbfc3fe9475e425688c660f46216d7e751c4bbdb1dc85cdccacb9 libfoo-fix-blabla.patch
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-sha1 2d608f3c318c6b7557d551a5a09314f03452f1a1 libfoo-data.bin
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-# Explicitly no hash for that file, comes from a git-clone:
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+# No hash for 1234, comes from the github-helper:
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none xxx libfoo-1234.tar.gz
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----
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