Re: Compare .deb file to filesystem

2000-08-21 Thread Jules Bean
> > I know debsums does part of this job, but AIUI only if the .deb > > contains md5sums information. > > > > This would be a useful tool for a maintainer with a complex package (I > > have an internal one here in mind) which he has been forced to edit > > the files 'in-place' to fix problems, and

Compare .deb file to filesystem

2000-08-21 Thread Jules Bean
This would be very easy to implement, so I thought I'd see if anyone else has already done it. I'd like a utility which takes a .deb file, another version of which is already installed. It checks (presumably by file size and md5sum) for all differences between the files on the file system, and the