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Subject:	Re: New setup.exe beta and the elusive MD5 sum (Re: New setup.exe
	beta)
From:	Robert Collins <rbcollins AT cygwin DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Cc:	Vince Hoffman <vince DOT hoffman AT uk DOT circle DOT com>
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Date:	27 Nov 2002 07:16:13 +1100
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On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 05:03, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> This question has come up more than once already, so I'll take a stab at
> the answer:
> The explicit MD5 sum check, IIUC, is performed only when doing Install
> from Local Directory to make sure the external tools did not corrupt the
> downloads.  If Install from the Internet is performed, the MD5 sum check
> happens while the package is downloaded, and is not considered a separate
> step.

Go to the head of the class :}. You got it in one.

Rob
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