GNU bug report logs - #28326
exiv2 0.26 hash mismatch

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2017 05:52:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 28326 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#28326: exiv2 0.26 hash mismatch
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2017 10:51:50 -0400

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On Sat, Sep 02, 2017 at 01:51:14AM -0400, Maxim Cournoyer wrote:
> tl;dr: exiv2 source archive was updated in-place and the verification
> below gives us confidence that we can safely update the hash.

Thanks for your investigation!

> A pretty harmless cleanup. Still, the practice of updating a release in
> place is not very good... Upon further digging, the issue was already
> reported and discussed[3][4].
> 
> Note: they are moving to Github and in the furure the releases will be
> offered directly through Github.
> 
> Patch will follow.

Okay, great!

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