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1789 </para> 1789 </para>
1790 1790
1791 <para> 1791 <para>
1792 To find these checksums, you can comment the statements out 1792 Ideally, you should locate these checksums from the upstream
1793 website and use them in your recipe.
1794 However, many websites do not provide the checksums.
1795 If such is the case, you can use a "build-fail" method that
1796 retrieves the exact strings you need.
1797 To use the "build-fail" method, comment the statements out
1793 and then attempt to build the software. 1798 and then attempt to build the software.
1794 The build will produce an error for each missing checksum 1799 The build will produce an error for each missing checksum
1795 and as part of the error message provide the correct checksum 1800 and as part of the error message provide the correct checksum