On Wed, 6 Feb 2002 15:41:26 +1300 (NZDT), Cameron Kerr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Cameron Kerr wrote: > > >My question is: Is it possible to verify all of the existing packages on > >the system so I can tell which packages have now corrupted files? > > Hi, I couldn't find anything to do this, so I made something myself. The > md5sums for all package files are stored in > /var/lib/dpkg/info/$PACKAGE.md5sums, and you can run > > md5sum -c /var/lib/dpkg/info/$PACKAGE.md5sums > > to check the static files of a package (not those marked as a conf file, I > think). The fact that the md5sums are already stored by the dpkg suite > would indicate that there should already be a tool for doing this. Oh > well. There is, "debsums". -- Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>
