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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-08-07 13:30:08 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-08-07 13:30:08 +0000
commit44cf9c6d2d274eac37502e835155f7e985f1b8e6 (patch)
tree9576ba968924c5b9a55ba9e14f4f26184c62c7d4 /man/deb-buildinfo.pod
parentAdding upstream version 1.22.6. (diff)
downloaddpkg-upstream/1.22.7.tar.xz
dpkg-upstream/1.22.7.zip
Adding upstream version 1.22.7.upstream/1.22.7
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man/deb-buildinfo.pod b/man/deb-buildinfo.pod
index 2f8ac43..9f43952 100644
--- a/man/deb-buildinfo.pod
+++ b/man/deb-buildinfo.pod
@@ -127,11 +127,11 @@ single full stop (‘.’) and all lines are indented by one space
character.
The exact content depends on the changelog format.
-=item B<Checksums-Md5:> (required)
+=item B<Checksums-Md5:> (required, weak)
-=item B<Checksums-Sha1:> (required)
+=item B<Checksums-Sha1:> (required, weak)
-=item B<Checksums-Sha256:> (required)
+=item B<Checksums-Sha256:> (required, strong)
=item S< >I<checksum> I<size> I<filename>
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ These fields have the same syntax and differ only in the checksum algorithm
used: MD5 for B<Checksums-Md5>, SHA-1 for B<Checksums-Sha1> and
SHA-256 for B<Checksums-Sha256>.
+B<Note>: The MD5 and SHA-1 checksums are considered weak,
+and should never be assumed to be sufficient for secure verification.
+
The first line of the field value (the part on the same line as the field
name followed by a colon) is always empty.
The content of the field is expressed as continuation lines, one line per file.