[perl #134227] cpan.org - step-two to verify checksum on downloadedfile

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Hello, there.

I landed on the following page with instructions to

  https://www.cpan.org/src/README.html

     wget https://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-5.30.0.tar.gz
     tar -xzf perl-5.30.0.tar.gz
     cd perl-5.30.0
     ./Configure -des -Dprefix=$HOME/localperl
     make
     make test
     make install

I think verifying the checksum on the downloaded file is a necessary step-two to take.

  wget https://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-5.30.0.tar.xz.sha256.txt
  shasum -a 256 perl-5.30.0.tar.xz

It will be helpful to have the above as part of the instructions.

Thanks in advance.


-- VanL

• [perl #134227] cpan.org - step-two to verify checksum on downloadedfile by VanL