Re: checking package integrity
>
> On Thu, May 14, 1998 at 05:28:42PM -0300, Otavio Exel wrote:
> > hi all,
> >
> > is there a way to check package intgrity in a given .deb file?
> >
> > I'm using debian 1.3 (bo);
> >
> > beers & TIA!
> >
> > --
> > Otavio Exel /<\oo/>\ oexel@economatica.com.br
>
> Perhaps this is not elegant, but it will give you a basic sanity check:
>
> dpkg -c [package.deb]
>
> If that spews the contents without errors, you should have fair
> confidence.
A bit more specific would be to unpack the package with ar, and check
the gzipped components:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
$ ls
binutils_2.9.1-0.1.deb
$ ar x binutils_2.9.1-0.1.deb
$ ls
binutils_2.9.1-0.1.deb data.tar.gz
control.tar.gz debian-binary
$ gunzip -tv *.gz
control.tar.gz: OK
data.tar.gz: OK
------------------------------------------------------------------------
If you have the Packages file, things get even better: for each package
the MD5sum is given. You can check this with md5sum <package>.deb.
HTH,
Eric Meijer
--
E.L. Meijer (tgakem@chem.tue.nl) | tel. office +31 40 2472189
Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032
Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax +31 40 2455054
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
Reply to: