On 2012-10-05 18:32, mk-macpo...@techno.ms wrote: > On Oct 5, 2012, at 6:27 PM, Craig Treleaven wrote: >> I can't find an 'official' reference for it, but I believe GitHub says that >> 7 characters are unique (7**26). > I see.
They are not unique, it's just unlikely that conflicts would occur in such a large domain. >> Anyway, if it were not unique, the MacPorts checksums would alert the user. >> Seems safe to me. > Checksums? > If sources are pulled via git checksums are also computed? > SURE? I never saw them in the logs... The github port group fetches a tarball from the web interface instead of cloning the git repository. If a port uses 'fetch.type git', the checksum phase is skipped. Rainer _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev
