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		joombaga on May 24, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pastejacking For distro packages? Any number of alternate download sources. But I agree with your greater point; hashes are better used as a guard against file corruption than fuckery.

chrismonsanto on May 24, 2016 [–]

If the program you want to install is included in your distribution's packages then this whole discussion is moot. We are talking about ways of installing from third-party sources.

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