Re: are md5sums mandatory for all packages?
>>>>> "MS" == Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com> writes:
MS: I still fail to see any advantages in what even you
MS: admit is a half baked security solution. There is a better, more
MS: secure, real solution in terms of tripwire.
But we have none -- tripwire is non-free software.
Dpkg md5sums could be more simple for a user (just typing
`dpkg --check-md5sums'). On my home system I'm not interested in
security, I may only want to check the system e.g. after some HW
accident. I don't know whether such a thing is much useful (I didn't
need it yet), but if it is easy to implement, why not to add this
facility?
MS: I'd be more inclined to assign bugs to packages that use this
MS: mechanism for wasting space [...]
Why to waste space for some non-free package instead?
Milan Zamazal
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