[OS X TeX] Error in MD5 checksums when updating texlive.infra

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Nov 12, 2018, at 1:37 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On Nov 12, 2018, at 12:35 PM, G. M.-S. <lists.gms at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Sorry, I forgot the attachment.  It is here now.
>> 
>> I get the same:
>> 
>> $ cd /tmp
>> $ curl -O http://ctan.math.utah.edu/ctan/tex-archive/systems/texlive/tlnet/update-tlmgr-latest.sh
>>  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
>>                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
>> 100 6010k  100 6010k    0     0  1810k      0  0:00:03  0:00:03 --:--:-- 1810k
>> $ chmod u+x update-tlmgr-latest.sh
>> $ sudo ./update-tlmgr-latest.sh --nox11 -- --debug
>> Verifying archive integrity...Error in MD5 checksums: 939d30cc7122a579c2b55ef0e950b373 is different from 6b223d2a3ed4448e92d7a79abc2db8c7
>> $ 
>> 
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> I just downloaded update-tlmgr-latest from the math.utah.edu repository above and get
> 
> $ md5 /Users/herbs/Desktop/update-tlmgr-latest.sh 
> MD5 (/Users/herbs/Desktop/update-tlmgr-latest.sh) = b291abbe1fab61148c5ec09ed034e825
> 
> which doesn't agree with either value above.
> 
> Also, there doesn't seem to be an md5 file there but rather a sha512 file so where is it getting an md5? Is TLU doing one on the repository? Doesn't sound too plausible.
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)

Howdy,

Sigh... I was taking the md5 of that file. I guess it's the md5 of a target of some sort. Looking at update-tlmgr-latest.sh it looks like it's using `md5sum` which doesn't usually exist on a mac (you usually use `md5` on a mac) so I'm not sure what's going on.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)