Bug 105081 – "-latest" portage snapshot's md5sum file doesn't use "portage-latest.tar.bz2"

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Infrastructure

[Description Hero Wanders 2005-09-06 16:05:34 UTC]

The md5sum file, e.g. the one I mentioned in the URL field, does not use the
portage-latest.tar.bz2 but the portage-<date>.tar.bz2 instead.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Download the "-latest" portage snapshot and its md5sum file
2. Use "md5sum -c portage-latest.tar.bz2.md5sum"
Actual Results:  
md5sum says the file portage-<date>.tar.bz2 does not exist.

Expected Results:  
The right file (portage-latest.tar.bz2) should be checked...

[Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2005-09-22 03:15:35 UTC]

*** Bug 106876 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 2 Bob 2006-01-09 14:05:18 UTC]

yep, if you download the "latest" portage snapshot, you definitely get an incompatible MD5SUM.

it appears that the most current "dated" version of the portage snapshot (and its md5sum) is just copied to create the "portage-latest" snapshot.

copying the tarball is fine, but instead of copying/renaming the .md5 file, a new .md5 file should be generated.

FWIW, as i type this the portage-latest-tar-bz2.md5sum file appears to be giving 403 errors on the mirrors.  i guess that this is a stopgap solution to the problem while we wait for a better solution.

[Comment 3 Kurt Lieber (RETIRED) 2006-03-09 07:16:48 UTC]

known issue and yes, it needs to be fixed.  not a top priority -- we'll fix it when we get to it.

[Comment 4 Jeffrey Forman (RETIRED) 2006-03-11 05:40:18 UTC]

*** Bug 124291 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 5 Shyam Mani (RETIRED) 2006-06-04 06:21:06 UTC]

This seems to be fixed now. Just checked..

$ cat portage-latest.tar.bz2.md5sum
8c26dc2494675e73c648d8c4d979c27f  portage-latest.tar.bz2

from the mirror mentioned on this bug.

Closing, please re-open if required.