Bug#133027: lintian should check md5sums if exist
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lintian should check for md5sums if files listed exist and if their
checksum is correct.
Isn't this already covered by "checks/md5sums" and "collection/md5sums"?
However checks/md5sums.desc also contains this:
Info: This script checks if md5sum control files are valid, if
they are
provided by a binary package. (All packages not containing a md5sums
control file are skipped.)
Why are packages not providing md5sums skipped? Shouldn't there be at
least a note that one should add those of the package?
"debsums" relies on this information and prints warnings about
missing md5sums for 42 packages on my quite fresh test installation.
IMHO this should be fixed in those packages, but mass filing of
wishlist bugs is nothing we want. A hint through lintian would be
nicer. However I know that this is not written in stone by the policy
so there might be only an info hint in lintian.
Kind regards,
Philipp Kern
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