Re: Apt-Problem
>>>>> "Andreas" == Andreas Tille <tillea@rki.de> writes:
Andreas> On 20 Mar 2000, Brian May wrote:
>> I have to agree with Jason here, I was confused. In this case
>> the error is generating by apt-get, in my case the error was
>> generated by dpkg.
>>
>> I will take Jason's word for it that a deb file with bytes
>> missing can still be valid...
Andreas> OK, I take the word as you, but what should I do if I
Andreas> detect such kind of problem. Who should I inform and
Andreas> which information should I ship.
Andreas> By the way. Shouldn't dpkg at least warn that md5 sums
Andreas> are wrong?
The md5sums are included in the *.changes files, not the *.deb file.
dpkg never sees the *.changes file...
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Brian May <bam@debian.org>
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