Given the way that md5 checksums are generated on sourceware currently, this would be a problem. The checksums are generated asynchronously with the creation of setup.ini.
I would prefer the three column version of install/source, though. Slightly less work for me. cgf On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 11:28:20PM +1000, Robert Collins wrote: >I'd like to change this: >install: release/bash/bash-20000901.tar.bz2 276403 >source: release/bash/bash-20000901-src.tar.bz2 1892899 > >to > >install: release/bash/bash-20000901.tar.bz2 276403 >158044165a04791968a7e7fc8daaef9e >source: release/bash/bash-20000901-src.tar.bz2 1892899 >158044165a04791968a7e7fc8daaef9f > >or > >install: release/bash/bash-20000901.tar.bz2 276403 >install-md5: 158044165a04791968a7e7fc8daaef9e >source: release/bash/bash-20000901-src.tar.bz2 1892899 >source-md5: 158044165a04791968a7e7fc8daaef9f > >I don't care which we choose. My preference is the first one - it will >keep the files smaller. Either will cause setup.exe to barf when first >introduced. Likewise for third party parsers that are ... pedantic. > >To help deal with this I suggest the following approach: >with the new version I want to release, we include the new format ini >parser, but do nothing with the data. Then we can introduce features to >use it at our leisure. > >Any preference folk? > >Rob
