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diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-directory.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-directory.txt index 6c478c2fda..3d0982feed 100644 --- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-directory.txt +++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-directory.txt @@ -442,6 +442,13 @@ strong hash yourself (preferably +sha256+, but not +md5+), and mention this in a comment line above the hashes. .Note +If +libfoo+ is from GitHub (see xref:github-download-url[] for details), we +can only accept a +.hash+ file if the package is a released (e.g. uploaded +by the maintainer) tarball. Otherwise, the automatically generated tarball +may change over time, and thus its hashes may be different each time it is +downloaded, causing a +.hash+ mismatch for that tarball. + +.Note The number of spaces does not matter, so one can use spaces (or tabs) to properly align the different fields. |
