[mirror-admin] is there a checksum list?

[David Timms]

Carlos Carvalho wrote:
> I'd like to verify checksums of the whole distribution from time to
> time. rsync does it when the file is pulled but corruption may happen
> later and might go unnoticed for a long time.

rsync -c tells the both local and remote rsync to generate checksums and 
compare them, rather than relying on only date/time/size {my 
understanding once the file has been transferred once}.

It puts a big load on both the source and receiver CPU/disk, but very 
little data is transferred - ie only when needed.  Given the high CPU 
load though, I don't know it it is fair enough to run against any of the 
upstream fedora mirrors ?

DaveT.

--