Julian Leyh wrote: > Am 23.01.10 07:05, schrieb James Hartley: >> A quick search in the misc@ archives& PR database didn't reveal that anyone >> has mentioned this before. >> >> In installing the 20 January (#511) i386 snapshot, I received a SHA256 >> mismatch on base46.tgz. Otherwise, the snapshot installs as expected. > > Why check SHA256, if you still install it?
because sometimes things happen in the snapshot world that don't apply to releases. If a file gets left out of a snapshot, rather than re-rolling the entire release (which can take a day or more on a slow platform, and non-trivial time in all cases), perhaps only base46.tgz is re-rolled. Plus, re-rolling the entire release means it takes many times as long to work out to the mirrors (and this is non-trivial, too). Plus, in many cases, people do intentionally use mismatched bsd.rd and file sets. No, not a good idea, but a time saver in some cases, and some people understand the risks and benefits to being able to do so. As the replication time for snapshots is absolutely non-trivial, it is entirely possible one can download bsd.rd, start installing, and get a base46.tgz (or any other file set) from a NEWER snap. Or an older snap. Or maybe something bad happened to that snapshot. But I don't think so in this case. :) Nick.
