Below are more details on/examples of changes due to ORCID URLs being added to the DESCRIPTION file (from https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-easyconfigs/pull/6446#issuecomment-396574744):
$ diff -ru RWeka.orig RWeka diff -ru RWeka.orig/DESCRIPTION RWeka/DESCRIPTION --- RWeka.orig/DESCRIPTION 2018-01-07 16:27:10.000000000 +0100 +++ RWeka/DESCRIPTION 2018-05-23 11:45:56.000000000 +0200 @@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ License: GPL-2 NeedsCompilation: no Packaged: 2018-01-07 15:04:47 UTC; hornik -Author: Kurt Hornik [aut, cre] (0000-0003-4198-9911), +Author: Kurt Hornik [aut, cre] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4198-9911>), Christian Buchta [ctb], Torsten Hothorn [ctb], Alexandros Karatzoglou [ctb], David Meyer [ctb], - Achim Zeileis [ctb] (0000-0003-0918-3766) + Achim Zeileis [ctb] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0918-3766>) Maintainer: Kurt Hornik <kurt.hor...@r-project.org> Repository: CRAN Date/Publication: 2018-01-07 16:17:29 diff -ru RWeka.orig/MD5 RWeka/MD5 --- RWeka.orig/MD5 2018-01-07 16:27:10.000000000 +0100 +++ RWeka/MD5 2018-05-23 11:45:56.000000000 +0200 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ 5ee28414fe580928907527d9e4217845 *CHANGELOG -4aae74779d3a1de0fdc64beec22078ee *DESCRIPTION +fe0f10b7f193e91112c978228acaa5ae *DESCRIPTION 41b1dde3a37014e3c2c5fa208fc47167 *NAMESPACE f9a81f720aebf5398a94efa32a2047a5 *R/AAA.R e8b6adbe6a0b2cf61f433762e1fd16dd *R/arff.R It looks like such updates to existing tarballs cause troubles downstream (e.g. EasyBuild). Although these updates are minor (in a functional sense), it does mean that we cannot guarantee that everyone gets identical installs. /Henrik On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 7:03 AM Joris Meys <joris.m...@ugent.be> wrote: > > 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 ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel