Re: md5 checksum errors in several packages

[John O'Sullivan <john@lincor.com>]

Ben Armstrong wrote:

> I question, then, the integrity of ftp.ie.debian.org or your own mirror.
>
> Just checking one of my own packages, I obtained a copy from my local
> mirror, and this is the result:
> $ extract -H md5 xpilot-client-nosound_4.5.5beta.20031222-1_i386.deb 
> MD5 - 3cfe83e6a25995d17d568737c3c4b48e
>
> This agrees with the md5 checksum reported by apt-cache show.  This also
> agrees with the md5 checksum extracted from my local copy of this .deb
> on my system used for the original upload, and the checksum as shown in
> the .changes file.
>
> Ben
> p.s. Please continue to CC me on any replies relevant to my own
> packages, as I am not subscribed to debian-devel at this time.
>  
Thank you Ben,
I'll see if I can get the attention of someone at heanet to check this 
out. I'm quite worried now since I've been using this mirror for a long 
time.

regards,
johno