Re: getlua.sh - the fastest way to get a Lua interpreter on any Linux server

[Rena <hyperhacker@...>]

On 2013-03-04 1:02 PM, "Jeff Pohlmeyer" <yetanothergeek@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 10:53 AM, Stefan Reich wrote:
> > On 2013-03-04 02:51, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo wrote:
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>
> >>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/safelua/files/lua-base/lua-5.2.1.tar.gz/download
>
> >> You should get the source from lua.org.
>
> > You mean the Brazilians' server? Why would I do that? I trust my own server.
> > I don't trust the Brazilians; they tried to hurt me before.
>
>
> The sourceforge URL you provided will redirect to one of SF's many
> mirrors, one of which happens to be ufpr.br (Brazil).
>
> To be sure, you should check the md5sum (or sha1sum) of the
> downloaded tarball, regardless of which server you get it from.
>
>  - Jeff
>

I wonder if he's not worried about getting damaged files, but about the file being moved or removed from the server and breaking his script.