Re: packages without .md5sums file?
On Sat, 28 Jul 2001, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> In contrast, if the md5sums are stored in the package on CD, verification
> is easy: You just need to boot from the (trusted) CD, and kick off the
> comparison with the CD content. It is easier to trust a list of checksums
> mirrored world wide and verified by many users than to trust a list
> which is generated by the system you want to verify.
Boot from said trusted CD, run said trusted dpkg, to calculate the md5sums of
the files.
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