Final Criterion for working built-in mediacheck

[Adam Williamson]

On 2012-08-20 10:09, Andre Robatino wrote:
> At the moment, there is a Final Criterion that states "If there is an
> embedded
> checksum on any release medium, it must be correct", which means that 
> in this
> case you can run checkisomd5 externally and have it work. There is
> nothing that
> ensures that the built-in mediacheck should work, even if it appears
> on the boot
> menu (which it now does in F18). In fact, at the moment it doesn't - 
> see
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848764 .
>
> So I'd suggest adding something like requiring that if there is an 
> embedded
> checksum, then the built-in mediacheck (corresponding to the
> rd.live.check boot
> option) should work. Perhaps the embedded checksum should also be 
> required,
> since all the Install and Live images currently have them. Thoughts?

I think this is a good idea, yeah. Wording the criterion could be a 
little tricky, though - it feels like one of those areas where you have 
to be careful and precise about how you encapsulate 'works'. How 
important are false negatives? False positives? Etc. Please do post a 
draft, though!
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