On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 01:08:25AM +0000, JC Choisy wrote:
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> Theo de Raadt <deraadt <at> cvs.openbsd.org> writes:
> > With snapshots, this will happen from time to time.
> > 
> > If people start not understanding why the install media does this
> > check, and that failure is OK, then I will remove the code on the
> > install media.
> > 
> > Adjust your expectations.  A hash failure can be OK.
> > 
> > Another alternative is that I only do snapshot builds about every
> > 2 weeks.  How's that idea?
> > 
> > As I say, adjust your expectations.
> > 
> 
> OpenBSD-current is most of the times an excellent quality system,
> better and more reliable than most other 'stable' systems. This may
> alter one's ability to keep his expectations where they should be.
> 
> That being out of the way, you got me wondering what good is
> any integrity check which failure is OK.

It is only meant to help uptight people having some sort of false sense
of integrity/security.  It really is for release only because snapshots
are a moving target.  In my opinion the whole check is a giant waste of
time because every damn time the snaps are out of sync for a reason or
another people come whining to the list about something that is
irrelevant.

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> 
> Thanks,
> -jc