[Bug 1234705] Re: apt-ftparchive writes SHA256 checksums in place of SHA512 in Sources

[Steve Langasek]

Hello Colin, or anyone else affected,

Accepted apt into raring-proposed. The package will build now and be
available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/0.9.7.7ubuntu6 in a
few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package.  See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to
enable and use -proposed.  Your feedback will aid us getting this update
out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug,
mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag
from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the
bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to
verification-failed.  In either case, details of your testing will help
us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification .  Thank you in
advance!

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu Raring)
       Status: Triaged => Fix Committed

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Title:
  apt-ftparchive writes SHA256 checksums in place of SHA512 in Sources

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “apt” source package in Precise:
  Fix Committed
Status in “apt” source package in Quantal:
  Fix Committed
Status in “apt” source package in Raring:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  When apt-ftparchive is called upon to generate SHA512 checksums for a
  source package (e.g. when generating a Sources file referring to a
  .dsc that doesn't contain such checksums), the version in precise,
  quantal, and raring generate SHA256 checksums instead and claim
  they're SHA512.  This is due to this line which is obviously incorrect
  once you notice it:

    SHA256Summation SHA512;

  We need to fix this before Launchpad production is upgraded from lucid
  to precise.

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