> From: Robert Collins > On Sat, 2003-03-15 at 23:51, Max Bowsher wrote: > > Robert Collins wrote: > > > On Sat, 2003-03-15 at 23:38, Max Bowsher wrote: > > >> MD5summing takes *too long*! > > >> > > >> I've been running with it turned off in the source since I can > > >> remember! > > > > > > Well, it's better than nothing :}. > > > > No, seriously, I believe this issue is a release blocker. > > I throw it open for review then. Personally, with a 110Mb local cache, > md5 checking took 18 seconds - from a reboot, so the disk cache was > empty. > > I will *consider* patches to change this. The requirement is: > * don't show packages for local install that aren't available. > * corrupt package files aren't available. > > Now, perhaps we should only check the md5's immediately before install, > and with the recent changes to not uninstall replacements with corrupt > packages, this is a feasible change. > > Still, I strongly favour reliability over speed in this case.
It takes longer than that over a network :( Which is how cygwin is installed at work. Don't get me wrong, md5sum is something which needs doing, just (IMHO) not necessary *each* time the file is accessed. On download would be fine for me :) J.
