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

[Patrick Schoenfeld]

Hi Jim,

On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 09:09:09PM +0100, Jim Meyering wrote:
> If you're serious about it, and can sign a copyright assignment,
> please look through the coreutils contribution/style guidelines
>   http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=blob;f=HACKING;hb=HEAD
> and make the following changes/additions:

I was a bit sceptic about this copyright assignment and wondered why the
HACKING file does not include any link to [1]. Just as a suggestion
cause I think some people might find uneasy about this ("what cow is it
that I am buying?").

>   - see if some other md5/md5sum program has a similar option

I do not understand that. Which other programs do you mean?
Utilities in other operating systems, e.g. BSDs md5sum or what do you
mean? What rationale is behind this?

>   - follow instructions in HACKING regarding copyright assignment
>       start this right away, since it'll take at least two weeks
>   - make your changes relative to the latest in git (see HACKING)
>   - add a NEWS entry
>   - update doc/coreutils.texi

OK. Will work on this (and the testcases) soon. Mail to assign@ has
already been sent.

>   - remove the -p short option

Thats no problem, but just out of curiosity (and to avoid further
mistakes) is there a specific reason for it? Do you fear that people
could confuse it with 'preserve' option as seen on other tools, even
though md5sum does not have something like this?

Best Regards,
Patrick