Re: [Gnu-arch-users] humungous warnings about non-signed archives

[Tom Lord]

    > From: Miles Bader <address@hidden>

    > Very annoying, [....]

    >    ********************************
    >    NO CHECKSUMS FOUND FOR REVISION
    >     (unsigned archive, continuing anyway)
    > 
    >      archive: address@hidden
    >      revision emacs--multi-tty--0--patch-34
    > 
    >    ********************************
    [....]

    > ... repeat about 50 times ... [as about 50 revisions
    > are accessed]

Encouragement to rebuild the old archive with checksums using the
instructions in the HOWTO.

Aside from old archives, it's a warning-worthy condition worthy of a
LOUD warning.  In fact, if it weren't for old archives, it would
simply be an outright error (and might become so in a later release).

-t