Checksums of source tarballs is a feature in practically all distributions.
I'm familiar specifically with Arch Linux (example PKGBUILD https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/tree/trunk/P...), Homebrew (example Formula https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formul...), Slackware (example https://slackbuilds.org/slackbuilds/14.2/development/avr-gcc...)
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Homebrew / homebrew-core
homebrew-core
🍻 Default and OSS formulae (built-from-source packages) for the package manager for everywhere
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141Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
15.7KGitHub stars
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What it is
🍻 Default and OSS formulae (built-from-source packages) for the package manager for everywhere
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Mentioned in the same Hacker News threads. That is not proof they are substitutes.
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Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 9:28:18 AM UTC.
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Mentions over time
HN mentions by year141 dated mentions
Observed mentions: 2016-04-26 20:39:19 UTC to 2026-10-28 18:13:37 UTC.
* An incomplete calendar period is marked with an outlined bar. Its count is not directly comparable with a full period.
Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 14 | 5 | 9 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 14 | 3 | 11 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 12 | 5 | 7 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 17 | 2 | 15 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 10 | 1 | 9 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 17 | 2 | 15 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 18 | 5 | 13 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 9 | 1 | 8 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 7 | 1 | 6 |
From the project README
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Read the project’s introduction
Homebrew Core
Core formulae for the Homebrew package manager.
Homebrew/discussions (forum)
How do I install these formulae?
Just brew install <formula>. This is the default tap for Homebrew and is installed by default.
More Documentation, Troubleshooting, Contributing, Security, Community, Donations, License and Sponsors
See these sections in Homebrew/brew's README.
Read the full README on GitHubWhat Hacker News says
9 sourcesrelevant discussion here https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/issues/6677
In Homebrew 1.1.0PSD support is now disabled by default in GM apparently: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/issues/6072#issuec...
In GraphicsMagick Image Processing SystemComing soon to Homebrew: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/pull/5832
In Yarn – A new package manager for JavaScripthttps://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/.githu... Is a better link. It would just be a new formula in homebrew-core
In Ever wondered how many open FTP servers there are?Note that rtorrent is no longer supported by homebrew[1]. You'll have to build it yourself with gcc since it can't be compiled with clang.
[1]: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/pull/369
In Transmission BitTorrent Client OSX/Keydnap Malware Incident Q+Agcal highlighting the current date and '.' are nice features for me.
$ brew info gcal
gcal: stable 4 (bottled)
Program for calculating and printing calendars
https://www.gnu.org/software/gcal/
/usr/local/Cellar/gcal/4 (81 files, 2.8M) *
Poured from bottle on 2016-01-13 at 17:03:09
From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/gcal.rb
==> Dependencies
Build: xz
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For posterity, this was merged in https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/commit/b8b57c76523...
In Node.js v6.0 ReleasedLooks like there is not yet a Homebrew PR: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/pulls
Current formula still points to v5.11: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formul...
EDIT: PR created: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/pull/633
In Node.js v6.0 Released