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| author | atatat <atatat> | 2005-03-31 05:02:24 +0000 |
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| committer | atatat <atatat> | 2005-03-31 05:02:24 +0000 |
| commit | ebb55af3f1f0f173209f6ee7d91c2abc94947d33 (patch) | |
| tree | 5f7760c895b6aeab1300c4637ec8663932cf499d /pkgtools/rdigest/DESCR | |
| parent | d388573345d6a4b672dc3b7c0cf366b44d923eef (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-ebb55af3f1f0f173209f6ee7d91c2abc94947d33.tar.gz | |
Fix the man page patch to match the current digest man page. While
I'm here, also adjust the length of DESCR to less than 24 lines
(requested in private email).
Diffstat (limited to 'pkgtools/rdigest/DESCR')
| -rw-r--r-- | pkgtools/rdigest/DESCR | 50 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 42 deletions
diff --git a/pkgtools/rdigest/DESCR b/pkgtools/rdigest/DESCR index fec28fe43ca..f31cf690b86 100644 --- a/pkgtools/rdigest/DESCR +++ b/pkgtools/rdigest/DESCR @@ -1,11 +1,6 @@ -This utility is a wrapper for the md5(3), sha1(3) and rmd160(3) -routines. - -The utility is linked statically, so that it can be used without any -shared libraries installed on the system. - -It is remarkably similar to the digest package, except that it -can recursively checksum directory trees. +This utility is a wrapper for the md5(3), sha1(3), rmd160(3), and +tiger hash routines. It is remarkably similar to the digest package, +except that it can recursively checksum directory trees. While a simple checksum on a tar file is usually satisfactory, once said archive has been extracted, it is virtually impossible to @@ -14,37 +9,8 @@ checksum. To be specific, changes in timestamps and ownership, and changes in file ordering within directories can affect the checksum of the archive, while not really impacting the actual code at all. -The algorithm used to checksum a directory in this implementation is -as follows: - - cd into directory - initialize MASTER_HASH - walk directory tree, sorting all entries - foreach entry - if it is a directory: - skip it if it is named "RCS", "CVS", or "SCCS" - initialize SLAVE_HASH - add the string "d " into SLAVE_HASH - add the pathname of the directory into SLAVE_HASH - finish SLAVE_HASH - fold the hexified SLAVE_HASH result into MASTER_HASH - if it is a file: - initialize SLAVE_HASH - add the string "f " into SLAVE_HASH - add the pathname of the file into SLAVE_HASH - finish SLAVE_HASH - fold the hexified SLAVE_HASH result into MASTER_HASH - initialize SLAVE_HASH - add the contents of the file into SLAVE_HASH - finish SLAVE_HASH - fold the hexified SLAVE_HASH result into MASTER_HASH - if it is a symbolic link - initialize SLAVE_HASH - add the string "l " into SLAVE_HASH - add the pathname of the link into SLAVE_HASH - finish SLAVE_HASH - fold the hexified SLAVE_HASH result into MASTER_HASH - initialize SLAVE_HASH - add the contents of the link into SLAVE_HASH - finish SLAVE_HASH - fold the hexified SLAVE_HASH result into MASTER_HASH +The algorithm used to checksum a directory in this implementation +is considers only the files' pathnames, the files' types (ie, +directory vs. file vs. symbolic link), and their contents (for +the latter two). It is described in greater detail in the man +page. |