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No, but I can verify the hash of the installer before I run it though.
by orf 10y ago
No, but I can verify the hash of the installer before I run it though.
- ricardobeat 10y agoAnd who provided you with the hash?
- joombaga 10y agoFor distro packages? Any number of alternate download sources. But I agree with your greater point; hashes are better used as a guard against file corruption than fuckery.
- chrismonsanto 10y agoIf the program you want to install is included in your distribution's packages then this whole discussion is moot. We are talking about ways of installing from third-party sources.