Re: MD5 sums

[Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>]

On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, Michael Sobolev wrote:

> I've got a question: does apt supports checking md5 sums for the
> downloaded archives?  If yes, how this can be turned on?

apt checks the md5sum WHILE it is downloading.  This is called streaming.  It
is always enabled, and can't be turned off.

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