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diff --git a/glep-0074.rst b/glep-0074.rst index 0a55ad4..5cf0708 100644 --- a/glep-0074.rst +++ b/glep-0074.rst @@ -191,6 +191,19 @@ The encoding can be used for other characters as well. In particular, escaping non-printable characters might be desirable. +Size and checksum fields +------------------------ + +The Manifest entries used to describe files list the file size in bytes +and one or more checksums. The size is expressed as an unsigned decimal +integer. The checksums are expressed using pairs of fields, with +the first field in every pair specifying the hash name and the second +field its value. The names of hashes and the encoding of their values +are specified in the `checksum algorithms`_ section. + +It is invalid to specify a hash name without a value. + + File verification ----------------- |