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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2020-05-18 22:10:20 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2020-05-22 00:35:24 +0200
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guix hash, guix download: Add '--hash'.
* guix/scripts/download.scm (%default-options): Add 'hash-algorithm'. (show-help, %options): Add "--hash". (guix-download): Honor it. * guix/scripts/hash.scm (%default-options): Add 'hash-algorithm'. (show-help, %options): Add "--hash". (guix-hash): Honor it. * tests/guix-hash.sh: Test '-H sha512'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix download): Document it. (Invoking guix hash): Document it.
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@@ -9018,6 +9018,11 @@ Certificates}), unless @option{--no-check-certificate} is used.
The following options are available:
@table @code
+@item --hash=@var{algorithm}
+@itemx -H @var{algorithm}
+Compute a hash using the specified @var{algorithm}. @xref{Invoking guix
+hash}, for more information.
+
@item --format=@var{fmt}
@itemx -f @var{fmt}
Write the hash in the format specified by @var{fmt}. For more
@@ -9057,6 +9062,16 @@ following options:
@table @code
+@item --hash=@var{algorithm}
+@itemx -H @var{algorithm}
+Compute a hash using the specified @var{algorithm}, @code{sha256} by
+default.
+
+@var{algorithm} must the name of a cryptographic hash algorithm
+supported by Libgcrypt @i{via} Guile-Gcrypt---e.g., @code{sha512} or
+@code{sha3-256} (@pxref{Hash Functions,,, guile-gcrypt, Guile-Gcrypt
+Reference Manual}).
+
@item --format=@var{fmt}
@itemx -f @var{fmt}
Write the hash in the format specified by @var{fmt}.