looks like powershell's Get-FileHash can help https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn520872.aspx
On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 10:51 AM, Oberhuber, Martin < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi David, > > > > One problem I’ve seen with sha256 is that I couldn’t find a Windows > command-line executable to automatically check the checksums. > > > > There’s a couple of UI tools, but for automation a plain command-line > sha256.exe (build from GNU coreutils for example) would be good. And no, I > wouldn’t want that to be based on Cygwin. > > > > Does anyone have a pointer where to get such a command-line tool, or > working instructions how to build myself ? > > All I’ve found so far is cross-build instructions here: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527060#c13 > > These did work for me but perhaps Eclipse should reference an easier way > getting a tool when we switch to sha256 ? > > > > Thanks, > > Martin > > -- > > *Martin Oberhuber*, SMTS / Product Owner – Development Tools, *Wind River* > > direct +43.662.457915.85 fax +43.662.457915.6 > > > > > > *From: *<[email protected]> on behalf of 'David Williams' < > [email protected]> > *Reply-To: *"[email protected]" <[email protected]> > *Date: *Tuesday 10 May 2016 at 02:37 > *To: *"[email protected]" <[email protected]>, " > [email protected]" <[email protected]>, Cross issues < > [email protected]> > *Subject: *[eclipse-dev] Notice that Eclipse Platform plans to no longer > provide MD5 and SHA1 checksums for Neon (but still SHA512) > > > > The topic of this note is about the downloads and checksums obtained > directly from the the Eclipse Project. It does not involve the checksums > from the "select a mirror" page -- that is controlled by the Eclipse > Foundation -- nor any of the packages downloaded from > http://www.eclipse.org/downloads-- also controlled by the Eclipse > Foundation. My intuition is that few "casual users" use our checksums but > some adopters or committers might use them in automated scripts or builds. > > If any of you do get checksums directly from > .../eclipse/downloads/drops4/<buildid>/checksum/... then this note is for > you. > > We announced in Luna we would "stop producing MD5 and SHA1 checksums" > after Luna's release (*Bug 423714* > <https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=423714>)... and I am just > now getting around to it. Since it has been a long time since that > announcement, and since we are late in this cycle, I am cross-posting to 3 > lists to be sure those that might be impacted will be notified. > > We will continue to provide SHA512 checksums and I recently decided to > also provide SHA256 checksums since SHA256 seems to be popular "in the > industry". > > This RC1 effort is documented in *Bug 454784* > <https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=454784>. If the removal of > the MD5 and SHA1 checksums would unduly burden anyone, please say so in > that *Bug 454784* <https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=454784> and > we would be happy to accommodate. > > I will soon be updating our wiki on How to verify a download > <http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform-releng/How_to_check_integrity_of_downloads> > to contain accurate information for Neon, but wanted to get this notice out > now so if you are negatively impacted you would have time to say so. > > Thank you, > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > cross-project-issues-dev mailing list > [email protected] > To change your delivery options, retrieve your password, or unsubscribe > from this list, visit > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/cross-project-issues-dev >
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