[lug] file size/md5sum info at rpmfind.net

Hugh Brown hugh at vecna.com
Mon Nov 5 14:14:57 MST 2001


so the file doesn't match what rpmfind is reporting.  kind of what we
expected anyway.

you might contact the people at rpmfind and see if something is up.

Hugh

"qqq1one @yahoo.com"
> 
> I get:
> 
> $ cat test
> 182aaa827e91199ffffd7162f47d0689 
> sndconfig-0.65.2-1.i386.rpm
> 
> $ md5sum -c test
> sndconfig-0.65.2-1.i386.rpm: FAILED
> md5sum: WARNING: 1 of 1 computed checksum did NOT
> match
> 
> 
> > have you tried running md5sum against the MD5 file
> that you get from
> > rpmfind?
> >
> > Essentially create a file that has this as its
> contents
> >
> > 182aaa827e91199ffffd7162f47d068
> sndconfig-0.65.2-1.i386.rpm
> >
> > put it in the directory that the sndconfig file is
> in and then run
> >
> > md5sum -c file
> >
> >
> > Hugh
> >
> >
> >
> > "qqq1one @yahoo.com"
> > >
> > > I just downloaded sndconfig-0.65.2-1.i386 and
> several
> > > other files several times from rpmfind.net.  Each
> time
> > > I do, Netscape and "ls -l" report a different
> > > (although consistent) file size compared to what
> > > rpmfind.net has published.
> > >
> > > For instance,
> > >
> > >
> http://rpmfind.net//linux/RPM/redhat/7.2/i386/sndconfig-0.65.2-1.i386.html
> > >
> > > states that sndconfig-0.65.2-1.i386.rpm has a file
> > > size of 558597 and MD5:
> > > 182aaa827e91199ffffd7162f47d0689
> > >
> > > I get 233502 and 25d28879bebe7f0cd6464f0435c3e7d6.
>  Of
> > > course, if the file size is different I would
> expect
> > > the mds5um to be different too.  But I don't know
> > > what's wrong: is the published info at rpmfind.net
> > > wrong, or am I getting a modified file?
> > >
> > > Can someone else get the same file
> > >
> (ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/redhat/7.2/en/os/i386/RedHat/RPMS/sndconfig-0.65.2-1.i386.rpm)
> > > and let me know what they get for the size and
> md5sum?
> > >  Thanks.
> 



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