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diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/packaging_guide.rst b/lib/spack/docs/packaging_guide.rst index 767a744baa..1759e8c824 100644 --- a/lib/spack/docs/packaging_guide.rst +++ b/lib/spack/docs/packaging_guide.rst @@ -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 |