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<p class="MsoNormal">In an attempt to build the PostGIS 3.4.2 release from source, I downloaded both the “postgis-3.4.2.tar.gz” and “postgis-3.4.2.tar.gz.md5” files using the links provided on the “postgis.net/development/source_code/” web-page. As part of
the build procedure being utilized, the MD5 hash in the “postgis-3.4.2.tar.gz.md5” file (i.e., 9298e0a81013b44ac39cfbabf2f95ae9) is compared against an MD5 hash generated locally for the downloaded copy of the “postgis-3.4.2.tar.gz” file (i.e., 632abda8b4267af437db6cde1bc9d9dc)
and due to the difference in hash values, that comparison is failing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Wondering if the distribution-tarball being referenced on the “postgis.net/development/source_code/” web-page was somehow incorrect, I downloaded the distribution-tarball directly from the PostGIS GIT repository (using the “TAR.GZ” link
for the 3.4.2 release listed on the “git.osgeo.org/gitea/postgis/postgis/tags” web-page). Once downloaded, I noticed:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">an MD5-hash generated locally for it (i.e., 6a173d78eb02a9aad7bea6111338c8a2) still differed from the MD5 hash in the “postgis-3.4.2.tar.gz.md5” file; and<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">a difference in size between the “postgis.net/development/source_code/” web-page sourced distribution-tarball (14957647 bytes) and the “git.osgeo.org/gitea/postgis/postgis/tags” web-page
sourced distribution-tarball (14454813 bytes).<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please note it was “openssl dgst -md5 …” command invocation that were used to generate the local MD5 hash values against the downloaded distribution-tarballs and that if I choose to ignore the MD5 hash discrepancies, the PostGIS 3.4.2 release
builds successfully.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I would, however, feel more comfortable if the MD5 hash value provided for the 3.4.2 release aligned with the value that can be locally generated against the PostGIS 3.4.2 distribution-tarball. As the hash comparison process was used
successfully about 6 months ago with the 3.4.1 PostgGIS release, I suspect the issue is an incorrect MD5 hash value being posted for the PostGIS 3.4.2 release on the
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“postgis.net/development/source_code/” web-page. Could somebody from the PostGIS maintenance team confirm this and if so, provide the correct MD5 hash value to the “postgis-3.4.2.tar.gz.md5” file?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Many thanks for your time.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Stephen Underwood,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Versaterm Public Safety<o:p></o:p></p>
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