[rfc-i] re-rolling the RFCs0001-0500.tar.gz tarballs

[Peter Hessler]

On 2009 Mar 19 (Thu) at 11:21:53 -0800 (-0800), Bob Braden wrote:
> Peter Hessler wrote:
>> Hello, I am working on creating a package of the RFCs for offline
>> reading.  However, I noticed that all of the tarballs are re-generated
>> every week, so the checksums change.  The port framework I use verifies
>> that the source tarball matches a registered checksum, so this will fail.
>>
>> Is there a reason why the RFCs0001-0500.tar.gz tarballs change checksum?
>> Shouldn't they be static once filled?
>>   
> It was an algorithmic decision taken a long time ago... presumably it  
> seemed safer to regenerate the
> tarballs each time, in case a bit got lost on disk.  But we take your  
> point, and will consider it the next
> time those scripts are revisited.
>
> Thanks for the suggestion.
>
> RFC Editor/bb
>
>

Thank you.  If I can help with the scripts, just let me know.


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