Karl M. Hegbloom wrote: > >>>>> "Piotr" == Piotr Roszatycki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Piotr> Maybe dpkg should have own verification system? As I known > Piotr> RPM can verify its package database. > > Does anyone know offhand how `rpm' performs that operation? We ought > to investigate.
It's pretty simple. Rpm's database includes md5sum, permissions, ownerships, etc information for each file. It just compares what's in it's db with the filesystem. -- see shy jo
