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Originally Posted by geekmaster
EDIT: So, for some reason only known to amazon/lab126, somebody decided it was a good idea to distribute huge files with different URLs (and different filenames/version numbers) that have identical contents (and identical md5sum). And likewise, to change the contents (and md5sum) over time, of identical URLs and filenames. And even more befuddling, is why the compressed tarballs INSIDE these GPL source code packages often have identical names (and version numbers) but DIFFERENT contents (i.e. different md5sum). It seems like they are trolling us, just for fun (or perhaps to befuddle us).
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Nah, this happens by default if you're not careful: both tar and gzip save dates and times, so tar cfz'ing the same tree twice in succession will almost always produce files with different md5sums.