Package: dpkg Version: 1.10.4 -davenant:~> dpkg -S /usr/bin/md5sum dpkg: /usr/bin/md5sum -davenant:~> dpkg -l dpkg Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================ ii dpkg 1.6.15 Package maintenance system for Debian -davenant:~> md5sum </dev/null d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e -davenant:~> md5sum </dev/null | cat -vet d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e$ -davenant:~>
but -anarres:~> dpkg -S /usr/bin/md5sum dpkg: /usr/bin/md5sum -anarres:~> dpkg -l dpkg Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================ ii dpkg 1.10.4 Package maintenance system for Debian -anarres:~> md5sum </dev/null d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e - -anarres:~> md5sum </dev/null | cat -vet d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e -$ -anarres:~> This breaks any scripts and other programs which rely on feeding md5sum files on stdin to get it to print out just the hash with no clutter etc. Ian.
