Re: [PATCH] cksum: use more exact selection of digest algorithms

[Bernhard Voelker]

On 1/30/22 21:36, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> Use more constrained argument matching
> to improve forward compatibility and robustness.
> 
> For example it's better that `cksum -a sha3` is _not_
> equivalent to `cksum -a sha386`, so that a user
> specifying `-a sha3` on an older cksum would not be surprised.

Thanks, this is really useful.

As this is a user-visible change, this seems to warrant a NEWS entry.
Suggestion attached.

Have a nice day,
Berny

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