On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 13:02:57 +0100, Bernhard R Link <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> * Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> [031204 02:46]:
>> "Bernhard R. Link" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> > I don't think so. md5-calculation it not the fastest thing
>> > (especially on non-i386 it often feels like downloading and
>> > installing together needs less time than the md5sum-verification.
>> > So this should be switched off, but then it will be missing when
>> > one needs them.
>>
>> The md5sum file should be generated at build time, signed and only
>> the signature kept. The signature is small enough not to cause
>> bloat, it can be included in the Package file or a Signatures.gz
>> file containing all signatures could be maintained in the archive.
> That still adds the burden of calculating them all after installing.
> I also think it is hardly possible to regenerate the .md5sums file
> in a way the signature will be kept. It would need to never change
> which files are included and how they are sorted. It could also
> cause problems with more sophisticated Replaces and may bite with
> other things I cannot even think about.
Simple: we already store the lists of files in a package; use
that to regenerate the file. I mean, you are assuming thet
/var/lib/dpkg/info has been uncorrupted, after all.
> Only if there is a reliable way to regenerate them at instalation
> time.
Sure there is. (Just tested -- I regenerated a file several
times in a row like so: cat /var/lib/dpkg/info/mailagent.list | while
read i; do test -f $i && do j=$(md5sum $i); done).
> And if one decided to save the time to calculate them or save the
> space by freeing the generated .md5sums file, bringing the system
> back in a state where such integrity can be checked is almost
> equivalent to a reinstall, while extracting the classical .md5sums
> file from an package pool (local mirror, set of CDs ...) and putting
> them back in place is very simple and needs far less processing
> power.
If you have the .debs available, is it not simpler to just do:
__> ar p \
/usr/local/src/arch/packages/debian--0.1/mailagent/mailagent_3.73-9_i386.deb \
data.tar.gz | tar zfd - | grep 'Contents differ'
?
manoj
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