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Re: Bug#353911: md5sum --check checks only if _all_ are bad


From: Jim Meyering
Subject: Re: Bug#353911: md5sum --check checks only if _all_ are bad
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:00:22 +0100

address@hidden wrote:

> JM> It should process every line.
> JM> My question was whether to emit a diagnostic for each _malformed_ line,
> JM> or just for the first or maybe the first few.
>
> Like cmp(1) bail out if any trouble perhaps, but have options for fuller
> digging/reports. OK, never mind... I leave it in your hands.

Whether you'd want to stop on the first "problem"
is orthogonal to this new --pedantic option.
This new option merely adjusts what is considered to be a problem.




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