On Fri, Aug 17, 2007 at 08:23:38PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: >> I'd opt for dpkg generating the checksums upon _extracting_ the .deb >> file. > Not all debian systems have fast CPU and fast disk.
I could understand the fast CPU argument, but there's no good reason why MD5ing at extraction time wouldn't be feasible, costing you zero extra disk activity. If nothing else, the data is likely to be in the cache if you do extract, md5, extract, md5 for each file or even for each package (depending on the amount of RAM). /* Steinar */ -- Homepage: http://www.sesse.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
