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Re: md5sums in deb



Previously Ivar Smolin wrote:
> i can generate /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.md5sums, but why can't package
> maintainers do it? how can i be sure, that md5sums, generated by myself,
> are ok?

Because the maintainers of those packages know that adding those md5sums
doesn't give you any extra security at all.

Wichert.

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