diff --git a/release_scripts/gen_sums.sh b/release_scripts/gen_sums.sh
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+++ b/release_scripts/gen_sums.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+OUTPUT_FILE=sha256sums.txt
+> $OUTPUT_FILE
+
+format_size() {
+	bytes=$1
+	if [ $bytes -lt 104857600 ]; then
+		kib=$(( bytes / 1024 ))
+		echo "${bytes} bytes : ${kib} KiB"
+	else
+		mib=$(( bytes / 1048576 ))
+		echo "${bytes} bytes : ${mib} MiB"
+	fi
+}
+
+first=1
+
+for file in *.tar.gz *.zip *.tar.xz; do
+	size=$(stat -c %s "$file")
+	size_fmt=$(format_size "$size")
+	sha=$(sha256sum "$file" | awk '{print $1}')
+
+	if [ $first -eq 0 ]; then
+		echo >> $OUTPUT_FILE
+	fi
+
+	echo "Name: $file" >> $OUTPUT_FILE
+	echo "Size: $size_fmt" >> $OUTPUT_FILE
+	echo "SHA256: $sha" >> $OUTPUT_FILE
+
+	first=0
+done