On Wed, Oct 20, 1999 at 08:16:21PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, Michael Sobolev wrote: > > > Hmm... Let me emphasis the word `downloaded' :) > > If you use --print-uris APT will show the expected MD5's of the files it > downloads and you can compare them. But really, if you don't trust your > disk drive then who is to say that > a) Unpacking packages won't unpack crap anyhow > b) The contents won't change from the time apt checks it to when it > calls dpkg I see the point. :) JFYI, the problem I had was a BIOS misconfiguration (my battery got dead, I replaced it, but since the last time I had configured my computer had been two years ago, I did not put the correct settings).
> If your disk had past problems then I suggest > mv /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/ > > Then 'redownload' them - APT will check the MD5's and deal with bad ones > properly - you might have to 'redownload' twice however. OK. Would not be a good idea to add a command (like check-files), which would scan the /var/cache/apt/archives directory and check the md5 sums? I believe that one of the point of apt-get is to allow to keep a long term archive of downloaded packages (autoclean command makes me think so)... Thanks, -- Mike
