Re: Bug#132767: debsum support should be mandatory
> debian-binary
> control.tar.gz
> data.tar.gz
> filelist.gz
> detatched-sig-of-filelist.gz
> detatched-sig-of-the-whole-deb
This is what I was thinking as well.
The current dpkg-deb is sub-optimal, however, for making this md5sum list. It
uses external tar to make data.tar.gz, which means each file would need to be
read twice.
I have code implemented in another language that reads tar natively, and am
planning to use this knowledge when I rewrite dpkg-deb. At that point, I'll
have dpkg-deb calculate the md5sums while adding files to the tar. However,
this may or may not happen for dpkg 1.10.
Depending on release schedules, dpkg 1.10 will be in woody+1, and maybe dpkg
1.11. Wichert and I have discusssed enough ideas to keep us both busy for at
least that long.
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