On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 01:08:25AM +0000, JC Choisy wrote: > Theo de Raadt <deraadt <at> cvs.openbsd.org> writes: > > With snapshots, this will happen from time to time. > > > > If people start not understanding why the install media does this > > check, and that failure is OK, then I will remove the code on the > > install media. > > > > Adjust your expectations. A hash failure can be OK. > > > > Another alternative is that I only do snapshot builds about every > > 2 weeks. How's that idea? > > > > As I say, adjust your expectations. > > > > OpenBSD-current is most of the times an excellent quality system, > better and more reliable than most other 'stable' systems. This may > alter one's ability to keep his expectations where they should be. > > That being out of the way, you got me wondering what good is > any integrity check which failure is OK.
It is only meant to help uptight people having some sort of false sense of integrity/security. It really is for release only because snapshots are a moving target. In my opinion the whole check is a giant waste of time because every damn time the snaps are out of sync for a reason or another people come whining to the list about something that is irrelevant. > > Thanks, > -jc
