Collin Funk <[email protected]> writes:

> 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.

Do FreeBSD/NetBSD support SHA3-256?  If you can't verify SHA3-256 you
probably won't care if the string you cannot verify is in hex or base64.

Looks like not:

https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sha256sum&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+16.0-CURRENT&arch=default&format=html
https://man.netbsd.org/cksum.1

/Simon

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