> </data> > > Now if I do a sha1sum of primary.xml.gz I get this: > > wume4:~/btyum/rsync/i386/repodata% sha1sum primary.xml.gz > af43b5994495060dd222f6a56684194742c54d78 primary.xml.g > > Which matches the first checksum number. I was wondering how the second > is generated? A google search for "open checksum" just brings up repo > files :). > > I am making changes to the primary.xml file and I need to be able to > update the repomd.xml file. My application is in Python, so pointing to > code examples would be awesome. > > decompress the xml.gz file and take the checksum that's the 'open' checksum. -sv