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Re: crc not installed but rsync using it? ...



David Wright wrote: 
> On Tue 29 Sep 2020 at 15:50:35 (+0200), Albretch Mueller wrote:
> > On 9/24/20, Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 05:50:16PM +0200, Albretch Mueller wrote:
> > >> >> How do I get all packages to be locally installed using dpkg from a
> > >> >> public Windows machine?
> > >> >
> > >> > I'm not sure I understand this question or how it relates to the
> > >> > previous one.
> > >>
> > >>  How do I get the deb files in order to install locally (via dpkg
> > >> --install) the necessary utilities to run CRC32 and/or CRC64
> > >
> > > Typical Debian install has perl already, so you don't have to install
> > > anything - [1].
> > >
> > > [1] http://billauer.co.il/blog/2011/05/perl-crc32-crc-xs-module/
> > 
> >  But I don't see anything when I go:
> > 
> >  which crc, crc32, crc64 ...
> 
> Imagine you did find an executable called crc32. What would you do
> with it?
> 
> You find some data that's in an archive file called foo.zap. The
> program zap claims to include a crc32 check within the archive.
> Do you expect to type   crc32 --check foo.zap   and get some
> meaningful output, or what?

Would it be useful to suggest Reflections on Trusting Trust?
https://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/linux/hh/thompson/trust.html

-dsr-


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