I agree with you 100%. Eray Ozkural wrote: > Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > > > But they are useful after a system crash if you want to check > > your files. > > > > I was using debsums to give reports on corrupt packages > but I was frustrated by the fact that most packages (all?) didn't have > their md5sums. (package xxx doesn't come with md5sums). I think > either all packages should have md5sums or no packages should > have md5sums.