cksum regression in coreutils-9.2

Sam James <[email protected]> Thu, 23 Mar 2023 22:32:00 +0000

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Hi folks,

coreutils-9.2 introduced a regression to the cksum utility
where it may incorrectly say a file is "OK" even when it's not.

Note that its *exit status* is accurate, but it prints the wrong
message in 9.2.

Bug: https://bugs.gnu.org/62403
Patch: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=76f2fb627118a26c25003dbd98c22c153b7ee1d2
Patch mirror (savannah is slow/down for me right now): https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/commit/76f2fb627118a26c25003dbd98c22c153b7ee1d2

See also:
- https://old.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/11zdecf/sha256sum_c_prints_ok_for_a_failed_checksum_when/
- https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/77969

best,
sam

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