Re: [SLUG] Help with acronymns

From: Ben Ostrowsky (ostrowb@tblc.org)
Date: Mon Jun 24 2002 - 10:37:13 EDT


> I am attempting to download a new kernel to compile and I see:
> linux-2.4.10.tar.bz2.sign,,,what ever does the 'sign' mean??

That's a signature file, used to verify that you've got a good copy of
the whole file. Usually you'd use the tool "md5sum" to generate a
checksum and compare it with what you see there.

Ben



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