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When reconstructing file B from file A and a binary difference B-A, given that A and B-A are correct, do we still need to verify the integrity of B?
The key thing to consider is: How will you handle the situation when this unlikely scenario occurs?
If you just get and error and can regenerate b some other way, well the impact is going to be very ...
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When reconstructing file B from file A and a binary difference B-A, given that A and B-A are correct, do we still need to verify the integrity of B?
release process
At a bare minimum,
you must produce b.tar from binary patches in CI/CD
and automatically verify that its hash matched the desired hash.
This mitigates the risk of seldom-triggered bugs ...
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