Bug#325205: please provide sha256sum, sha384sum and sha512sum

2006-07-31 Thread Michael Stone
The sha2 stuff causes build failures on a number of architectures. E.g.: http://buildd.debian.org/fetch.php?pkg=coreutilsver=5.97-1arch=armstamp=1153929302file=logas=raw http://buildd.debian.org/fetch.php?pkg=coreutilsver=5.97-1arch=alphastamp=1153938804file=logas=raw

Bug#325205: please provide sha256sum, sha384sum and sha512sum

2006-07-26 Thread David Madore
Just a reminder for Debian users watching this bug: while waiting for this to be integrated upstream (should be in forthcoming 6.x release of coreutils), I maintain Debian packages which are identical to the Sarge packages except they include the sha2 utilities. The packages in question, along

Bug#325205: please provide sha256sum, sha384sum and sha512sum

2006-07-26 Thread Michael Stone
On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 11:35:55AM +0200, you wrote: Naturally, I'd very much appreciate it if this patch were added to the Debian patches... I'll admit the FUCK debian commentary makes me less interested in working with you. FYI, the last dialog about this patch was that there was still

Bug#325205: please provide sha256sum, sha384sum and sha512sum

2006-07-26 Thread David Madore
On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 07:30:12AM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: I'll admit the FUCK debian commentary makes me less interested in working with you. I'll offer apologies (in private) if you took this personally - it was not meant as such. But nobody says you have to work with me: the patch is

Bug#325205: please provide sha256sum, sha384sum and sha512sum

2005-08-27 Thread Jim Meyering
David Madore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: md5 has been broken for some time now; sha1 also has been, more recently (an actual collision is not known, so far, but a way to produce one in a reasonable amount of computer time has been provided). Consequently, the md5sum and sha1sum utilities should

Bug#325205: please provide sha256sum, sha384sum and sha512sum

2005-08-27 Thread Eric Blake
Can I ask you to take a look at the attached patch? It is not yet satisfactory (at least, it needs to be forwardported to the CVS version, as I worked against 5.2.1 because I wanted to install this ASAP on my Debian boxen), but maybe we can start from this to discuss what needs to be done.

Bug#325205: please provide sha256sum, sha384sum and sha512sum

2005-08-27 Thread David Madore
On Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 04:30:51PM +, Eric Blake wrote: Would it make more sense to have a single sha utility that takes an argument of which algorithm to use, defaulting to the most secure, then the user can define wrappers to invoke a non-default algorithm? For example, 'sha

Bug#325205: please provide sha256sum, sha384sum and sha512sum

2005-08-27 Thread Jim Meyering
David Madore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, I am willing to do that. Great. I'll send you the copyright forms. My requesting a `clean' patch means we're pretty picky, and that the more of the following you can do, the better. Can I ask you to take a look at the attached patch? It is not yet

Bug#325205: please provide sha256sum, sha384sum and sha512sum

2005-08-26 Thread David Madore
Package: coreutils Version: 5.2.1-2 Severity: wishlist md5 has been broken for some time now; sha1 also has been, more recently (an actual collision is not known, so far, but a way to produce one in a reasonable amount of computer time has been provided). Consequently, the md5sum and sha1sum