Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 2/3] glep-0074: Specify the format of size and checksum fields

[John Helmert III <ajak@gentoo.org>]

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On Fri, Sep 23, 2022 at 04:03:54PM +0200, Michał Górny wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org>
> ---
>  glep-0074.rst | 13 +++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/glep-0074.rst b/glep-0074.rst
> index 54bf216..bfbe092 100644
> --- a/glep-0074.rst
> +++ b/glep-0074.rst
> @@ -191,6 +191,19 @@ The encoding can be used for other characters as well. In particular,
>  escaping non-printable characters might be desirable.
>  
>  
> +Size and checksum fields
> +------------------------
> +
> +The Manifest entries used to describe files list the file size and one
> +or more checksums. The size is expressed as an unsigned decimal integer.

"an unsigned decimal integer" representing the file's size in bytes
(rather than bits, or nibbles, or $UNIT), right?

> +The checksums are expressed using pairs of fields, with the first field
> +in every pair specifying the hash name and the second field its value.
> +The names of hashes and the encoding of their values are specified
> +in the `checksum algorithms`_ section.
> +
> +It is invalid to specify a hash name without a value.
> +
> +
>  File verification
>  -----------------
>  
> -- 
> 2.37.3
> 
> 

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