bin/34628: [pkg_install] [patch] pkg-routines ignore the recorded md5 checksums

[Parv]

in message <200611141703.38311.mi+mx at aldan.algebra.com>,
wrote Mikhail Teterin thusly...
>
> ׊×ÔÏÒÏË 14 ÌÉÓÔÏÐÁÄ 2006 16:54, Erwin Lansing ÎÁÐÉÓÁ×:
> > Synopsis: [pkg_install] [patch] pkg-routines ignore the recorded md5
> > checksums
> 
> > I agree with sobomax that this functionality is not needed
> > and adds unnecessary overhead.
...
> `pkg_info -W' would also be able to warn about checksum
> mismatches, which would suggest, a file has been modified (or
> corrupted) since getting installed.
> 
> Anyway, what is the overhead exactly?

Is that a trick question?  Overhead would be in the time & other
computer resources (file handles, CPU time, etc.) it will take to
calculate the MD5 check sum for all the files of a installed port.
Imagine that when installing more than one or two ports, or a large
one.


  - Parv

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