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diff --git a/doc/bugs/Checksum_errors_on_the_pristine-tar_branch.mdwn b/doc/bugs/Checksum_errors_on_the_pristine-tar_branch.mdwn index 463b7b3f3..471dad98c 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/Checksum_errors_on_the_pristine-tar_branch.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/Checksum_errors_on_the_pristine-tar_branch.mdwn @@ -78,6 +78,15 @@ The operation fails on these files with a "Checksum validation failed" error fro >> sunny256's failure cases might just result from the older tar and pristine-tar >> on Ubuntu 10.04? --[[smcv]] +>>> Yes, I can reproduce the same failures sunny256 saw using Debian oldstable. Once I +>>> upgrade pristine-tar and tar, it goes away, so I think it is the 100 +>>> byte filename bug affecting those. +>>> +>>> As to the ones we all see fail, I dunno what it is, but probably +>>> has to do with some kind of historical issue in the versions of +>>> pristine-tar/tar used to create them. We may never know what went wrong +>>> there. --[[Joey]] [[done]] + A complete output of the "pristine-tar checkout" of all files is stored on <https://gist.github.com/836720> . For now, I'll download the `.tar.gz` from <http://packages.debian.org/unstable/source/ikiwiki>, or maybe install `ikiwiki_3.20110124_all.deb`. Would you recommend using that `.deb` file on Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS, or is it Debian-specific? -- [[sunny256]] 2011-02-21 08:42+0100 |