> Peter Samuelson <pe...@p12n.org> writes: > > Be that as it may, I don't think the md5sums file was ever intended to > > be an integrity check of the .deb itself. Fortunately, the .deb also > > includes checksums of control.tar.gz and data.tar.gz, thanks to use of > > the gzip container format.
[Goswin von Brederlow] > That is not about the integrity of the deb. It is about the integrity of > the files on the system. And if you do have faulty memory (or any of the > other problems) then calculating the checksum locally will have a high > risk of calculating it from already corrupted data and miss the error. How many times do I have to say "the .deb also includes checksums of control.tar.gz and data.tar.gz, thanks to use of the gzip container format" before you notice? -- Peter Samuelson | org-tld!p12n!peter | http://p12n.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100307032816.gm18...@p12n.org
