Re: package.xml: md5sum attribute of <file />

From: Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 16:20:03 +0000
Subject: Re: package.xml: md5sum attribute of <file />
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On Mon, Nov 24, 2003 at 11:24:04AM +0100, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > I looked at the archive, seems it doesn't go back enough in time, hence > this question: what purpose does <file md5sum="..." /> fill that > wouldn't be satisfied by checksumming the whole tarball? Wouldn't be be exceptionally hard to checksum the entire tarball and store the result in the package.xml file when the package.xml file is stored within the tarball. -- Jon Parise (jon@php.net) :: The PHP Project (http://www.php.net/)

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