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authorWilliam F Godoy <williamfgc@yahoo.com>2019-11-13 16:21:27 -0500
committerAdam J. Stewart <ajstewart426@gmail.com>2019-11-13 15:21:27 -0600
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Docs update for deprecated `spack sha256` (#13701)
* Docs update for deprecated `spack sha256` * Added macOS shasum * Update lib/spack/docs/packaging_guide.rst Co-Authored-By: Adam J. Stewart <ajstewart426@gmail.com>
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@@ -1464,8 +1464,8 @@ that the same package with different patches applied will have different
hash identifiers. To ensure that the hashing scheme is consistent, you
must use a ``sha256`` checksum for the patch. Patches will be fetched
from their URLs, checked, and applied to your source code. You can use
-the ``spack sha256`` command to generate a checksum for a patch file or
-URL.
+the GNU utils ``sha256sum`` or the macOS ``shasum -a 256`` commands to
+generate a checksum for a patch file.
Spack can also handle compressed patches. If you use these, Spack needs
a little more help. Specifically, it needs *two* checksums: the