Re: md5.c patch - recognize GNU checksum format

[Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu>]

At 3:03 PM -0500 3/2/04, Lawrence Teo wrote:
>Here's a simple patch to make md5/sha1's -c flag recognize GNU's
>checksum format. Unlike BSD, GNU's checksums use the form:
>
>   CHECKSUM  FILENAME
>
>For example, a GNU MD5 line may look like:
>
>   e25bd1eead91463817c3d98b60d64c62  somefile.txt
>
>This patch would make it easier for OpenBSD admins/users to
>verify MD5 checksum lists that are frequently distributed
>using the GNU MD5 format.

Fwiw, 'md5' in FreeBSD has a -r option, which writes out MD5
checksums in the format you're seeing from GNU's MD5.  (not that
you need to care about that.  I just thought I'd mention it).

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