Re: [Bug-wget] Problem using GNU Wget 1.11.4 Windows version

[JD]

The Fedora Distribution does not list MD5 sums. Only sha256 sums.

Also, I had downloaded my version directly from the gnu web site.
But I will look for more recent versions there.

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 1:49 AM, Paul Wratt <address@hidden> wrote:

> you should be using at least the last know stable version 1.12 but
> that is still at least 5 years old
> 1.13 versions are from within the last 12+months
>
> but I have a feeling that the sha256sum you are using is not right,
> verify against the md5 (maybe google for it)
>
> Paul
>
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 11:24 AM, JD <address@hidden> wrote:
> > When using wget with the -c option, it does recover and resume the
> download
> > after network failures. However, after it finishes the download (in my
> case
> > downloading
> > Fedora-16-i386-DVD.iso), I run the sha256sum on the downloaded ISO and
> it is
> > completely different to the value stored in the file of CHECKSUMS on the
> > same
> > page URL - http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/releases/16/Fedora/i386/iso/
> >
> > I downloaded this iso at least twice, with the same result - the
> sha256sum
> > performed on the file does not match the one at the above URL, and nor
> > does it match the result of sha256sum performed on the previous downloads
> > of the iso file.
> >
> > So, something is not right with wget!!
>