Re: wishlist for dpkg
Previously Brian May wrote:
> I think it would be real cool (TM) if dpkg would warn me that my libc6
> package is corrupt before it installs it and attempts to make my
> system entirely unusable...
There are actually 2 things that protect you here: apt checks the MD5
checksum when it downloads the package, and if it is corrupt gzip won't
be able to unpack the file anyway. Something really strange has to happen
if it gets corrupted after it is unzipped..
Wichert.
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