dpkg feature.
Hi,
It would be wonderful if dpkg, during package upgrade, would prompt the user
for input in case binaries and files in a package have been changed since
it has been first installed. This could mean added value in a few aspects:
1. People would know their packages were somehow corrupted during install
2. People who modify (compile their own versions of binaries and stick them
in after a package has been installed) will get alerted their changes will be
lost.
3. People could quicily, run a simple, non-comprehensive integrity check
on installed packages which is important from both a security and stability
point of view. In case someone wonders why the hell sometihng stopped working
and finds out it was due to a corrupted binary, somewhere.
Hope you find this worth implementing.
bye,
Marc.
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