On Aug 18 08:37:07, [email protected] wrote: > This is being discussed in another thread. Guess you did not see that..
Yes; sorry for not reading ahead. > > On 18 Aug 2018, at 8:16 am, Jan Starý <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > beside sha25 and rmd160, some ports use a 'size' field in the checksums. > > Why was it added? The fact that the distfile has the prescribed sha256 > > and the prescribed rmd160 makes it almost certain (as certain as crypto > > checksums can be) it is the intended file. The fact that it has a prescribed > > size IMHO adds nothing to that certainty. Or does it? > > > > Jan > > >
