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Re: md5sum proposal



Karl M. Hegbloom wrote:
> >>>>> "Piotr" == Piotr Roszatycki <dexter@fnet.pl> writes:
> 
>     Piotr> Maybe dpkg should have own verification system? As I known
>     Piotr> RPM can verify its package database.
> 
>  Does anyone know offhand how `rpm' performs that operation?  We ought 
>  to investigate.

It's pretty simple. Rpm's database includes md5sum, permissions, ownerships,
etc information for each file. It just compares what's in it's db with the
filesystem.

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