Re: md5sums files (was Re: over 30000 bugs in our archive (!))
rlb@cs.utexas.edu (Rob Browning) wrote on 09.02.98 in <[🔎] 8790rkxwdm.fsf@nevermore.csres.utexas.edu>:
> Christian Schwarz <schwarz@monet.m.isar.de> writes:
>
> > Note, that md5sums was only introduced by deb-make some time ago and never
> > has been widely discussed. AFAIR, a better solution than md5sums files
> > would be to store more information about the unpacked files, as setuid
> > bits, etc.
>
> Yes, it would be nice if the .list files actually contained something
> like the output of "find -ls". It would make checking to see if you
> accidentally screwed something up a little easier. Thought I'm not
> sure if the benefit would outweigh the cost. This would make them
> much bigger unless they could be gzipped.
Note that the POSIX.7 stuff includes an (extremely verbose) listing of
that. I sent an example to -devel a few days ago (under a completely
unintuitive subject - you might want to grep the body for lynx-RUN
instead).
MfG Kai
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