Package: dpkg Version: 1.17.2 Severity: normal It would have the output of: find <sourcedir> -type f -print0 | sort -z | xargs -0 sha1sum | sha1sum
This way the very slow step of verifying that the dir tree hasn't changed can be done very fast, without re-unpacking the source tarball, and just comparing the value, to the same run on the build tree. Should I write up a patch? -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: armhf (armv7l) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.4.0 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages dpkg depends on: ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.6-5 ii libc6 2.17-92 ii liblzma5 5.1.1alpha+20120614-2 ii libselinux1 2.1.13-2 ii tar 1.26+dfsg-8 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-1 dpkg recommends no packages. Versions of packages dpkg suggests: ii apt 0.9.11.1 -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

