Simon Josefsson <[email protected]> writes: > Great work -- looks good to me, so +1 to commit. > > Collin Funk <[email protected]> writes: > >> File: coreutils-9.9.42-b1ccb.tar.gz >> SHA256 sum: >> e25ec3ccd2358e101ad76dd97c1cf27a6bb80b987c4692564ee7524fd8429785 >> SHA3-256 sum: >> 5b2ac1a5dc943e28ece021cb6c0874cd0a9790b13c3845718d52282a12205731 > > Why not use base64 format for SHA3-256 here? Is there any tool that > support SHA3-256 and not base64 encoded hashes? > > It would be nice to migrate to base64 encoded hashes for brevity. I > think Bruno argued for hex encoded SHA256 hashes, but IIRC the argument > was that not all SHA256 tools supported base64 format.
It looks like it is only supported by GNU Coreutils and OpenBSD. I don't see any mention of base64 support in FreeBSD or NetBSD's man pages for cksum, sha256sum, etc. Collin
