Bug 66199

Summary:	problem if the packager generated a bad md5
Product:	Portage Development	Reporter:	pascal tempier <pascal.tempier>
Component:	Core	Assignee:	Portage team <dev-portage>
Status:	RESOLVED CANTFIX
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description pascal tempier 2004-10-03 04:37:23 UTC

well , it happened to me once , and  made a bug report about the md5 itself , asking to correct it, but well...

If the  generated md5 is wrong , you portage will end up trying all mirrors, downloading the package eatch time , then if n the ebuild the packager provided a link to the original source , then portage will download the source from there again and again , untill the server ban you.

not that mutch a prob if you are behind your comp , bigger one if you emerge before going to work and come back 8 hours later or after 3 days of vacations

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual Results:  
your comp keep downloading stuff

Expected Results:  
perhaps give up after 5 downloads from a source or so, perhpas automaticaly send
an error..

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2004-10-03 11:10:38 UTC

as fas as i can tell, there exists no solution to this ...