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Linda Walsh wrote:

> Is an application crash the expected behavior when
> package validation fails?  Maybe it should mark it unusable
> or delete it?

At the moment, yes.  It's a consequence of a change in the md5
checking.  It just means you need to delete the package, as it has the
wrong size or checksum.  It's on the todo list to clean this up.

Brian

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