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vmTools: correct comment about Ubuntu snapshot hashes

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The comment claimed the snapshot service returns the same data for 22.04
whatever the timestamp. That only holds for the frozen release pockets;
the -updates and -security lists change, as the last snapshot bump
showed.

Assisted-by: Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
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Philip Taron
2026-10-06 11:40:48 -07:00
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@@ -1269,8 +1269,9 @@ let
# The set of supported Dpkg-based distributions.
debDistros = {
# Ubuntu's snapshot service returns the same data for 22.04 regardless of the timestamp in the
# URL. The hashes don't change between mirror://ubuntu and snapshot.ubuntu.com, so this is fine.
# The Ubuntu images pin package lists from snapshot.ubuntu.com. A release pocket (e.g. `jammy`)
# is frozen, so its hash stays put when the snapshot timestamp moves; the `-updates` and
# `-security` pockets keep changing, so their hashes need refreshing along with the timestamp.
ubuntu2204i386 = {
name = "ubuntu-22.04-jammy-i386";
fullName = "Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy (i386)";