diff --git a/math/R/distinfo b/math/R/distinfo
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+MD5 (R-1.4.1.tgz) = bf482598325347c7997477eb778552e8
+RMD160 (R-1.4.1.tgz) = 2b1ce48998f167d745f3f19d4138e759a4dd9739
+SHA1 (R-1.4.1.tgz) = b9e9f4cd4576e62760fe4cc32ffdde04c0d8d2f7
diff --git a/math/R/files/md5 b/math/R/files/md5
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-MD5 (R-1.2.2.tgz) = e32e48e02d87509f111f6c4908d75b7c
-RMD160 (R-1.2.2.tgz) = 86c32bb1f33b988c235c9ce9fdaa9680d5252f04
-SHA1 (R-1.2.2.tgz) = ce112c99f300695773145abfc7c59f79e14449fc