Re: Any way to automate checking a package's MD5sum?
Lance Simmons wrote:
> The Debian website lists MD5sums for each package. Is there any way to
> automate the checking of a package's MD5sum after you download it, or
> does it have to be done by hand?
>
> Debsums is useful for checking the MD5sums of the _files_ of a package,
> but how do I check the MD5sum of the package itself (short of running
> md5sum by hand and comparing it to the MD5sum posted on the Debian
> website)?
>
> Or is this already done somehow?
Apt automatically checks the ms5sums of each package it downloads.
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