[aur-general] checksums

[Magnus Therning]

On 4 Oct 2014 13:52, "Charles Bos" <charlesbos1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> It's possible to calculate the checksums yourself. Just install the
openssl
> package and then run the following:
>
> $ openssl sha256 filename.tar.gz
>
> (with filename.tar.gz being the name of the source tarball that you're
> using)
>
> Hope this helps

Or just use sha256sum or md5sum. Not sure which package they live in, but I
suspect they come with the base development packages.

/M

> On 4 October 2014 11:54, stef204 <stef204 at yandex.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > Working only on my second AUR package, please bear with me.
> > To verify integrity, the author does not provide checksums but only a
gpg
> > .asc file.
> > What is the preferred way for me to proceed?
> > The author is active and available so I can ask him to post a sha256 on
> > his website; but I'm trying not to be too demanding, preferring to keep
my
> > requests on the subject of the application itself, e.g. features, etc.
> > It's not a big deal but just wanted to check with the community here in
> > case I am missing something.
> > Thanks.
> >