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| author |   Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> | 2022-09-23 15:19:18 +0200 |
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| committer | Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> | 2022-10-04 08:56:08 +0200 |
| commit | 2044fddc9109876cb8b908c0749cc2eaaccffab3 (patch) | |
| tree | 6a9c32cf6c10232e29359a373c425d5c5b3b63e7 | |
| parent | glep-0074: Clarify that DIST entries are specific to PMs (diff) | |
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glep-0074: Specify the format of size and checksum fields
Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/872332
Signed-off-by: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org>
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diff --git a/glep-0074.rst b/glep-0074.rst index 0a55ad4..5cf0708 100644 --- a/glep-0074.rst +++ b/glep-0074.rst @@ -191,6 +191,19 @@ The encoding can be used for other characters as well. In particular, escaping non-printable characters might be desirable. +Size and checksum fields +------------------------ + +The Manifest entries used to describe files list the file size in bytes +and one or more checksums. The size is expressed as an unsigned decimal +integer. The checksums are expressed using pairs of fields, with +the first field in every pair specifying the hash name and the second +field its value. The names of hashes and the encoding of their values +are specified in the `checksum algorithms`_ section. + +It is invalid to specify a hash name without a value. + + File verification ----------------- |