Re: Please, use --check=crc32 or switch to a safe format

[Bernhard Voelker]

On 03/30/2017 01:13 PM, Antonio Diaz Diaz wrote:
> IMO distributing coreutils also in another format is the perfect 
> solution. It allows busybox users verify the integrity of the data, 
> makes easy for pristine-tar to reproduce the tarball, and is better for 
> long-term archiving. I can't find a single drawback in adding a second 
> tarball to the distribution.

Hmm, this wouldn't help for the - probably many - other packages which
are shipped as *.xz only, e.g. GNU sed.  Not that I would be strictly
against a second compression format, but to me it seems like adding
crc64 to busybox' xz would be easier than to ask every project to ship
a second format, isn't it?

Have a nice day,
Berny