Re: Written: Debian Repository HOWTO
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On Friday 03 January 2003 01:32, Aaron Isotton wrote:
> [...]
>
> > It is missing Release file. I have made a similar guide which creates
> > Release. Please see Chapter 6 of Debian reference:
>
> I know, but I haven't found any documentation about what the Release
> file actually does (I admit, I haven't looked very hard). It's a bit
> difficult to google for :) ("Debian Release" doesn't return anything
> useful). Can I read more about it somewhere?
>
As far as I know, it is there to provide md5 sums, thus you can Check if the
package you download is not corrupted or anything like that.
- From the unstable archive right now:
Origin: Debian
Label: Debian
Suite: unstable
Codename: sid
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 20:36:21 UTC
Architectures: alpha arm hppa hurd-i386 i386 ia64 m68k mips mipsel powerpc
s390
sh sparc
Components: main contrib non-free
Description: Debian Unstable - Not Released
MD5Sum:
b8e9ff9d1961c49ab63503f9bf55111a 8164500 main/binary-alpha/Packages
[...]
gives you the md5, the size and the package name.
You can check out, that none of the packages are forged ...
Ciao, Matthias
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