Re: pkg_info -X: Add FILE_CKSUM (sha256)

* On 2026-01-17 at 09:31 GMT, Benny Siegert wrote:

>On Fri, 16 Jan 2026, Jonathan Perkin wrote:
>
>>* On 2026-01-16 at 19:16 GMT, Benny Siegert wrote:
>>
>>>This sounds to me as if the "machine-readable reports" that pbulk 
>>>outputs, as well as the pkg summaries that pkgin downloads, are 
>>>about to get 10x larger. I don't think this should be on by 
>>>default.
>>
>>FILE_CKSUM is only for the binary package file itself, not for every 
>>file in the package.  Despite the hugely increased generation time, 
>>the output file is only around 6% larger, so that wouldn't be my 
>>primary concern.
>
>OK, I misunderstood then. Does pkgin check the checksums? If so, 
>having this would probably be beneficial, at least for the official 
>binary package sets.

Not yet.  Taylor has an open PR for this, but I owe him a review (I 
don't like making it an error for pkg_summary not to have checksums).

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