Index: trunk/ippScripts/scripts/rawcheck.pl
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--- trunk/ippScripts/scripts/rawcheck.pl	(revision 39933)
+++ trunk/ippScripts/scripts/rawcheck.pl	(revision 39942)
@@ -205,6 +205,12 @@
     my $existing_copies = 0;
     my $Ngood = 0;
+    my $Nbad  = 0;
     my %good_instances = ();
     my %bad_instances  = ();
+
+    #unsafe
+    my $continue_checking_md5sums = 1;
+    my %good_instances_unchecked  = ();
+    #end unsafe
 
     my @files = map {URI->new($_)->file if $_} @$instances;
@@ -220,13 +226,22 @@
 	    $instance_exists = 1;
 	    $existing_copies++;
-	    $instance_md5sum = local_md5sum($files[$i]);
-	    if ($instance_md5sum eq $md5sum) {
-		push @{ $good_instances{$instance_site} }, $i;
+	    if ($continue_checking_md5sums == 1) { #unsafe
+		$instance_md5sum = local_md5sum($files[$i]);
+		if ($instance_md5sum eq $md5sum) {
+		    push @{ $good_instances{$instance_site} }, $i;
+		    $is_good = 1;
+		    $Ngood++;
+		}		
+		else {
+		    push @{ $bad_instances{$instance_site} }, $i;
+		    $Nbad++;
+		}
+	    } #unsafe
+	    else { #unsafe
+		$instance_md5sum = 'CHECKING_STOPPED';
+		push @{ $good_instances_unchecked{$instance_site} }, $i;
 		$is_good = 1;
 		$Ngood++;
-	    }		
-	    else {
-		push @{ $bad_instances{$instance_site} }, $i;
-	    }
+	    } #end unsafe
 	}
 	else {
@@ -239,4 +254,13 @@
 				  $instance_exists,$is_good,$instance_md5sum,
 				  $files[$i],$instance_host,$instance_volume);
+
+	#unsafe
+	# Remove this section when we decide to go back to actually checking everything
+	# to make sure we don't have any secret data corruption
+	if ($Ngood > 0) {
+	    print "# Breaking from validation check, as a valid copy has been found.\n";
+	    $continue_checking_md5sums = 0;
+	}
+	#end unsafe
     }
 
@@ -297,5 +321,6 @@
     ## leave everything in the best state possible.
     printf(">> %d %d\n",$Ngood, $#files + 1);
-    if ($Ngood != $#files + 1) {
+#    if ($Ngood != $#files + 1) {
+    if ($Nbad > 0) {
 	my $good_copy;
 	my $good_copy_index;
@@ -328,4 +353,10 @@
 	if ($do_cull == 1) { $do_cull = -1; }
     }
+
+    #unsafe
+    foreach my $site_key (keys %good_instances_unchecked) {
+	push @{ $good_instances{$site_key} }, @{ $good_instances_unchecked{$site_key} };
+    }
+    #end unsafe
 
     ## We can now attempt to make replicated copies to the sites that require additional copies.