* Miod Vallat <m...@online.fr> [2011-02-06 20:02]: > > I'm installing from time to time the -current from snapshots. Today I > > run in an old issue: SHA256 invalid checksums for base install. > > The situation is like this: SHA256 from ftp.openbsd.org has a file > > with checksums for x* packages. The same file on ftp > > openbsd.informatik.erlangen.de dosn't contain the checksum value for > > x* files. The rest of base files are reported as FAILED on cksum. > > Can someone please, make some light in this matter. Is this SHA256 > > used anymore ? Maybe a FAQ entry will be useful. > > This file is provided for you to be able to check that you downloaded > the files correctly. The installation media uses an internal source for > the checksum information.
and the mirroring process isn't atomic. -- Henning Brauer, h...@bsws.de, henn...@openbsd.org BS Web Services, http://bsws.de Full-Service ISP - Secure Hosting, Mail and DNS Services Dedicated Servers, Rootservers, Application Hosting
