[csw-maintainers] GAR and checksums

Dagobert Michelsen dam at opencsw.org
Wed Sep 1 13:24:56 CEST 2010


Hi Maciej,

Am 01.09.2010 um 10:51 schrieb Maciej (Matchek) Blizinski:
>> I have now made a very simple change to GAR, which excludes things  
>> in files/
>> from checksumming. These files are usually in the repository and  
>> don't need
>> checksumming. All files pulled in from anywhere else are still  
>> checksummed.
>> See the change at
>>  http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/gar/changeset/10862
>
> Yes, if anything in files/ would not match the repository, GAR would
> add the UNCOMMITTED tag.  An operation equivalent to checksumming is
> still done in files/.

Correct. You don't need to do "gmake makesums" for changes in files/,
but you still need to commit. And commit will _not_ be optional ;-)


Best regards

   -- Dago




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