Its ok people rpm --checksig package.rpm
checks the size, md5sum and gpg signature. For gpg to work you need to install gpg and do: gpg --import signingkeyfile signingkeyfile is on the redhat or mandrake cd's if you can't ge bothered with gpg then rpm --nogpg --checksig package.rpm checks just the size & mdsum On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 15:35:04 +1300 Darrell Olsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you want to go through the install to see what it would do, but without > actually installing any files, then include the option '--test', e.g. rpm > --install --test package_file. > > Cheers, > Darrell. > > > On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 14:08, you wrote: > > how do i check individual rpms are ok? I know they are signed, but how > > does one check them against the signatures? > > > > -- Nick Rout Barrister & Solicitor Christchurch, NZ Ph +64 3 3798966 Fax + 64 3 3798853 http://www.rout.co.nz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
