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

[Pádraig Brady]

On 01/02/2022 05:08, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
> 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.

I pushed a slightly adjusted wording of that in your name.

thanks,
Pádraig