Hi,
The hash does not need to be lowercase. It can be a quick fix in portage to
accept any case.
Thanks,
Sheng Yu
--- Original Message ---
On Friday, September 23rd, 2022 at 10:03, Michał Górny
wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Here's next part of GLEP 74 updates, this time I think it qualifiers
> as 100% editorial. Ulrich Müller noticed that we don't specify how
> to express sizes and checksums. I've partially solved the latter while
> adding the hash algorithm table and these patches should clarify
> the matters even further.
>
> Notably, they:
>
> 1) clarify that DIST entries are relevant to package managers only
>
> 2) specify that size is an unsigned decimal, and checksums consist
> of name-value pairs
>
> 3) clarify that 'Hex' encoding of hashes means lowercase hex without
> any prefix or suffix
>
> Perhaps the most controversial part is requiring lowercase -- but
> (drumroll...) Portage reports hash mismatch if you use uppercase.
>
>
> Michał Górny (3):
> glep-0074: Clarify that DIST entries are specific to PMs
> glep-0074: Specify the format of size and checksum fields
> glep-0074: Clarify the hex encoding of hash values
>
> glep-0074.rst | 26 +-
> 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> --
> 2.37.3
