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lin q wrote: | Hi, | I am trying to download gdb from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdb/ and I see | for each gdb zip file, there is a .sig file with the same name. | | What is that .sig file used for?
That is the signature of the file you are downloading. So that you can verify that you A. have a good download, and B. verify that the downloaded file you have is in fact untampered with. Or otherwise not what you expected.
HTH
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