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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon haskell

Perform additional cheap integrity checks as part of `checkForUpdates`

Open hvr opened this issue 7 years ago • 1 comments

tbd

hvr avatar Jan 03 '18 10:01 hvr

If a user has an inconsistent local repo (missing files, truncated files) cabal may get confused. If we verified the integrity of the local repo as part of the check for updates, this could also choose to repair the local repo cache if it were broken. I think this would be an important ticket.

gbaz avatar Feb 11 '22 23:02 gbaz