Correction: In the case of mgcv it was the publication date that changed for some reason. Our sysadmins keep reaching out to me in the hope to resolve this. Is there a way they can reach out so this can be clarified?
For reference, the latest issue on mgcv : https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-easyconfigs/issues/6501 Cheers Joris On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 3:30 PM, Joris Meys <joris.m...@ugent.be> wrote: > Dear Uwe, > > sorry to bother you again with it, but I was wondering if you had some > more idea about what happened. I just received another one, this time about > mgcv_1.8-23.tar.gz. It goes beyond my understanding as to why the MD5 sums > would change without any change to the package. Is there anything I can > check at this side to make it easier for you? > > Cheers > Joris > > On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 6:55 PM, Joris Meys <joris.m...@ugent.be> wrote: > >> Dear Uwe, >> >> Thank you for willing to take a look. In the report it was about the >> following tarballs : >> >> pkgmaker_0.22.tar.gz >> rngtools_1.2.4.tar.gz >> RcppProgress_0.4.tar.gz >> >> Our sysadmin tried diff -ru, but couldn't find any difference in the text >> files. >> >> Cheers >> Joris >> >> On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 5:46 PM, Uwe Ligges < >> lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On 13.06.2018 15:40, Joris Meys wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 3:16 PM, Uwe Ligges < >>>> lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de <mailto:lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> When CRAN repacks and changes the DESCRIPTION file, the checksums >>>> change, of course. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Uwe Ligges >>>> >>>> >>>> Dear Uwe, >>>> >>>> I understood that from the previous issue. In this case however, none >>>> of the files -including the DESCRIPTION file- were changed. Am I right in >>>> suspecting that a package is repacked when moved to the archive? >>>> >>> >>> No, we do not repack generally then. Perhaps the package got orphaned? >>> >>> >>> Which package / tarball were you talking about? I can take a look why >>> that one was changed and inspect why the checksum changed. >>> >>> Best, >>> Uwe Ligges >>> >>> >>> >>> I >>> >>>> suspect that the tool used to repack the package is using gzip, and it >>>> is possible to repack without adding a timestamp as explained here : >>>> >>>> https://serverfault.com/questions/110208/different-md5sums-f >>>> or-same-tar-contents >>>> >>>> I can explain the different checksums when some things are changed to >>>> our HPC sysadmins, but they have -understandibly- difficulties with >>>> checksums changing for released source tarballs. Is it possible to adapt >>>> the archiving so that at least for identical tarballs the md5 sums remain >>>> the same? Or if you have other suggestions to deal with this without having >>>> to change hardcoded checksums in the easybuild repos, that would be very >>>> welcome too. >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> Joris >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Joris Meys >>>> Statistical consultant >>>> >>>> Department of Data Analysis and Mathematical Modelling >>>> Ghent University >>>> Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Gent (Belgium) >>>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=Coupure+links+653,%C2%A0B-9000+G >>>> ent,%C2%A0Belgium&entry=gmail&source=g> >>>> >>>> tel: +32 (0)9 264 61 79 >>>> ----------- >>>> Biowiskundedagen 2017-2018 >>>> http://www.biowiskundedagen.ugent.be/ >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> Disclaimer : http://helpdesk.ugent.be/e-maildisclaimer.php >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Joris Meys >> Statistical consultant >> >> Department of Data Analysis and Mathematical Modelling >> Ghent University >> Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Gent (Belgium) >> >> <https://maps.google.com/?q=Coupure+links+653,%C2%A0B-9000+Gent,%C2%A0Belgium&entry=gmail&source=g> >> >> tel: +32 (0)9 264 61 79 >> ----------- >> Biowiskundedagen 2017-2018 >> http://www.biowiskundedagen.ugent.be/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> Disclaimer : http://helpdesk.ugent.be/e-maildisclaimer.php >> > > > > -- > Joris Meys > Statistical consultant > > Department of Data Analysis and Mathematical Modelling > Ghent University > Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Gent (Belgium) > > <https://maps.google.com/?q=Coupure+links+653,%C2%A0B-9000+Gent,%C2%A0Belgium&entry=gmail&source=g> > > tel: +32 (0)9 264 61 79 > ----------- > Biowiskundedagen 2017-2018 > http://www.biowiskundedagen.ugent.be/ > > ------------------------------- > Disclaimer : http://helpdesk.ugent.be/e-maildisclaimer.php > -- Joris Meys Statistical consultant Department of Data Analysis and Mathematical Modelling Ghent University Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Gent (Belgium) <https://maps.google.com/?q=Coupure+links+653,%C2%A0B-9000+Gent,%C2%A0Belgium&entry=gmail&source=g> tel: +32 (0)9 264 61 79 ----------- Biowiskundedagen 2017-2018 http://www.biowiskundedagen.ugent.be/ ------------------------------- Disclaimer : http://helpdesk.ugent.be/e-maildisclaimer.php [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel