[yt-dev] Call for testing: SHA512 in the install_script instead of md5 on the server

[Christopher Moody]

Works for me on my ubuntu workstation.

chris

On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 1:52 PM, Matthew Turk <matthewturk at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Casey,
>
> Rats!  Is there an sha sum utility of any type?  I thought some people
> in IRC found it on their mac.
>
> -Matt
>
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Casey W. Stark <caseywstark at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi Matt.
> >
> > I don't think macs have sha512sum. I get:
> >
> > Awesome!  Here we go.
> >
> > Using wget
> > Downloading HDF5
> > Downloading hdf5-1.8.7.tar.gz from yt-project.org
> > 2012-01-25 13:22:51 URL:
> http://yt-project.org/dependencies/hdf5-1.8.7.tar.gz
> > [7827944/7827944] -> "hdf5-1.8.7.tar.gz" [1]
> > I am unable to locate sha512sum.  FILE INTEGRITY NOT VERIFIED.
> > Downloading zlib-1.2.3.tar.bz2 from yt-project.org
> > ...
> >
> > Best,
> > Casey
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Matthew Turk <matthewturk at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> Currently to verify file integrity with the install script we download
> >> sidecar md5 file from yt-project.org.  These aren't versioned, and md5
> >> itself is largely deprecated for this.
> >>
> >> I've created a new sha512-using version of the install script, which
> >> uses sha512 hashes stored *in the install script* to verify file
> >> integrity.  This way any time these change we will be notified of
> >> them.  I'd like it if a few people could test this -- I have -- on
> >> pristine systems.  It changes both how the files are downloaded and it
> >> now uses sha512sum, which should be available on most systems
> >> (according to Kacper :).
> >>
> >> You can do this by:
> >>
> >> wget
> >>
> https://bitbucket.org/MatthewTurk/yt/raw/367ea3bfff2e/doc/install_script.sh
> >>
> >> and then running it, but maybe supplying an alternate directory rather
> >> than the default.
> >>
> >> Thanks for any feedback.
> >>
> >> -Matt
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