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Re: md5sums files



Osamu Aoki wrote:
> True but debsums can address these issues by system administrator
> touch-ups as documented in manpage using:
> 
>  * /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/90debsums (debsums >= 2.0.7)
>  * debsums_init(8)               (debsums >= 2.0.34 @ 2007)

It's not uncommon to be given an existing system and want to verify
that no files were modified by its creator, and the current lack of
md5sums files for a few packages prevents using debsums to do that.

(The most common case is probably buying a Debian VM from a hosting
company.)

-- 
see shy jo

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