Am 12.05.2017 um 19:39 schrieb Mark H Weaver:

It would not interfere, but it could have the effect of *hiding*
security problems due to a failure to graft properly.
[...]
If we create a redundant set of references in another file, then
problems like this could go undetected for a long time.

Reading you comments (and words like "hidden"), I assume you are referring to some compressed or otherwise unreadable data.

Please don't confuse this: We are *not* talking about compressed files, but about plain text (or stored uncomressed within e.g. a zip-file).

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