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checksums --check (sha256sum, sha1sum) return file: OK when they shouldn't

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From: Moviuro <moviuro.gnu <at> popho.be>
To: 62403 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#62403: checksums --check (sha256sum, sha1sum) return file: OK when they shouldn't
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 10:32:53 +0100

Hello,

This report was first found on r/archlinux:

% echo "123" > 1
% echo "1234" > 2
% echo "abc" > 3
% sha256sum 1 2 3 > sums.sha256
% sha1sum 1 2 3 > sums.sha1
% echo "123" > 2 # break file 2

% sha256sum -c sums.sha256 # returns 2: OK (incorrect)
% sha1sum -c sums.sha1 # returns 2: OK

% tail -n 2 sums.sha256 | sha256sum -c # returns 2: FAILED (correct)
% tail -n 2 sums.sha1 | sha1sum -c # returns 2: FAILED

See https://redd.it/11zdecf .

Someone pointed at this commit, though I'm unable to confirm that:
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=b319685c6e12e66bf357c2384fe69f1c63f66aed

% sha256sum --version
sha256sum (GNU coreutils) 9.2
Copyright (C) 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by Ulrich Drepper, Scott Miller, and David Madore.

Best regards,

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