> As has already been answered dpkg -S tells you if /usr/bin/md5sum > belongs to dpkg, if it does then you can use /usr/bin/md5sum.textutils, > which is the GNU version.
Yes you're right, checking for md5sum.textutils should work better than I thought. > Which doesn't quite answer your question. I think the answer to your > question actually lies in Matt Gregan's reply. I think he stated that > the behaviour you saw was now seen as a bug, and somwehre along the line it > has been fixed so that /usr/bin/md5sum in an up to date debian system > is the GNU version. Ah now I get it, on newer than 3.1 /usr/bin/md5sum is the GNU version. That gives something to work with. Btw 3.1 stable *is* uptodate too. Thanks everyone for your input! Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
