The live update.ini file currently has an invalid MD5 checksum in it for the base Portable Apps platform:
[PortableApps.com] ;Beta and BetaChannel are also updated if stable is newest Name=PortableApps.com Platform Description=Menu, backup, updater Category=None SubCategory=None URL=https://portableapps.com/ PackageVersion=23.0.0.0 DisplayVersion=23.0 DownloadFile=PortableApps.com_Platform_Setup_23.0.paf.exe DownloadPath=http://portableapps.com/redirect/?s=p&a=PortableApps.comPlatform&d=pa&wv=%WINDOWSVERSION%&f= Hash=ab0db50b1aab34a4a6865ebe029c53e2 Hash256=d61ba6224796a9bdcd82bace4728fc6f5a0df818952f158f13d6049828bb4cfb DownloadSize=6 InstallSize=16 UpdateDate=2022-12-09 ;UserAgent=Wget/1.21.3 UserAgent=PortableApps.comPlatform/23.0
Running md5sum and sha256sum:
# md5sum PortableApps.com_Platform_Setup_23.0.paf.exe 67487f793a54ef46bd23d045fc5e37a4 PortableApps.com_Platform_Setup_23.0.paf.exe # sha256sum PortableApps.com_Platform_Setup_23.0.paf.exe d61ba6224796a9bdcd82bace4728fc6f5a0df818952f158f13d6049828bb4cfb PortableApps.com_Platform_Setup_23.0.paf.exe
As can be seen, the SHA-256 hash matches what is in update.ini but the MD5 hash does not match.
Fixed. I'm so used to only doing SHA256 I forgot older platform versions still need it. Thanks for the heads up.
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