Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/archivers/szip

[Bernd Ernesti <netbsd%lists.veego.de@localhost>]

On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 12:57:39AM +0000, John Marino wrote:
> Module Name:  pkgsrc
> Committed By: marino
> Date:         Sun Nov 20 00:57:38 UTC 2011
> 
> Modified Files:
>       pkgsrc/archivers/szip: Makefile distinfo
> 
> Log Message:
> archivers/szip: update distinfo
> 
> This package has a history of repacking the tarball, but checking the
> same name.  Apparently, it has happened twice before, and this a third
> time.  Regenerating the distinfo allows the package to build again,
> whereas before the distinfo file was unretreivable.

Did you checked the difference between the old and the new one?

Sometimes this happend for other packages in the past and then there
was a security issue.

Bernd