Re: Package Verification

[Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>]

brian white writes ("Re: Package Verification "):
> This is fine, but it doesn't help with verifying packages on
> non-Debian systems as is required by people who must do an actual FTP
> >from  another machine.  As for the format, feel free to alter it.  I
> figured I would be parsing this line out of the Packages file, anyway.
> As long as it has file size, there is at least some sort of
> verification that can be done regardless of the machine being used.

I suppose we could put the file size in the Packages file; it just
might get a bit cluttered with all of this information.  What do
people feel about this ?

Ian.