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Re: checking for changes in file size/permissions since installation?



Carl,

On Feb 13, 2011, at 2:42 PM, Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org> wrote:

> You might have been thinking of debsums.  That will check the MD5 sums
> of installed packages, but I don't know whether it covers all installed
> files.  The checksums are stored in /var/lib/dpkg/info, so they might
> also be corrupt.
> 

This looks like what I had used initially - at the very least I can apt-get --reinstall the packages which show problems. Looks like the md5s are not corrupted.

Thank you!
-lev

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