Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes: > On Fri, 1 Sep 2006, A Large Angry SCM wrote: >> >> Unfortunately, the zlib CRC is of the _uncompressed_ data [1], so >> inflating the stream is still necessary to check for corruption. > > I don't think that is unfortunate. > > We really should inflate the stream anyway, since not only inflating it, > but also applying any deltas to the base object is really the only way to > verify its correctness for a delta thing. Otherwise, the SHA1 of the base > could be totally corrupt. > > And once you inflate it and apply all deltas, you obviously also get the > full SHA1 check, so you're _really_ safe. > > So let's do the really safe thing first, and see if it actually results in > any problems. I think this makes sense. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.htmlReceived on Sat Sep 02 05:57:04 2006
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