Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> severity 319142 wishlist
> merge 319142 250305
> thanks
>
> On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 07:44:02AM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote:
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ md5sum
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/xfonts-scalable_6.8.2.dfsg.1-3_all.deb
>> a525d80fb0df950f4e9b0e3141c63d0c
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/xfonts-scalable_6.8.2.dfsg.1-3_all.deb
>>
>> Not only is this broken and annoying, it indicates that the security
>> checking code is completely non-functional.
>
> apt only verifies the md5sum on download; it implicitly trusts the local
> cache.
>
> "apt-get clean" should resolve the issue.
Which is not true as you can see in my follow up.
MfG
Goswin
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