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

[Patrick Schoenfeld]

On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 11:25:09AM +0100, Jim Meyering wrote:
> Good idea.
> I've just added that link to HACKING.

Great :-)

> > Makes sense. But this isn't a strong requirement is it? I don't even
> > have access to all this operating systems ;)
> 
> With google, there's no need for access to the actual systems.
> All I am looking for is assurance that you've performed a
> duly-diligent search ;-)

True. Hm. Given that most utilities in the BSD world seem to use -p
different (while its notable that some of the utilities I looked at
don't even support checksum verification as part of their md5 utilities
but instead of another chksum utility) I see that your request to remove
-p is a valid objection.

Best Regards,
Patrick