Bug#572571: packages SHOULD ship checksums (a-la dh_md5sums, but better)

2013-05-05 Thread Charles Plessy
> On Thu, Mar 04, 2010 at 11:00:45PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > > > > Currently, packages ships file checksums which are computed at package > > build time by the means of dh_md5sums (usually), and stored under > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/*md5sums. Several people find those checksums > > usefu

Bug#572571: packages SHOULD ship checksums (a-la dh_md5sums, but better)

2010-03-06 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Russ Allbery writes: > Bill Allombert writes: >> On Thu, Mar 04, 2010 at 11:00:45PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > >>> Currently, packages ships file checksums which are computed at package >>> build time by the means of dh_md5sums (usually), and stored under >>> /var/lib/dpkg/info/*md5sums.

Bug#572571: packages SHOULD ship checksums (a-la dh_md5sums, but better)

2010-03-05 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Stefano Zacchiroli writes: > Package: debian-policy > Severity: wishlist > Version: 3.8.4.0 > > [ For the full context, see the -devel thread starting at > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2010/03/msg00038.html ] > > On Thu, Mar 04, 2010 at 01:12:26PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: >> > Russ, w

Bug#572571: packages SHOULD ship checksums (a-la dh_md5sums, but better)

2010-03-05 Thread Russ Allbery
Bill Allombert writes: > On Thu, Mar 04, 2010 at 11:00:45PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: >> Currently, packages ships file checksums which are computed at package >> build time by the means of dh_md5sums (usually), and stored under >> /var/lib/dpkg/info/*md5sums. Several people find those ch

Bug#572571: packages SHOULD ship checksums (a-la dh_md5sums, but better)

2010-03-05 Thread Bill Allombert
On Thu, Mar 04, 2010 at 11:00:45PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Severity: wishlist > Version: 3.8.4.0 > > [ For the full context, see the -devel thread starting at > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2010/03/msg00038.html ] > > On Thu, Mar 04, 2010 at 01:12:26P

Bug#572571: packages SHOULD ship checksums (a-la dh_md5sums, but better)

2010-03-05 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Hi. Stefano Zacchiroli (04/03/2010): > Empirical tests show that the archive coverage is pretty good, most > packages seem to ship those checksums. That can be seen this way: | $ wget -q http://lintian.debian.org/tags/no-md5sums-control-file.html -O -|grep -c '' | 249 Mraw, KiBi. signature.a

Bug#572571: packages SHOULD ship checksums (a-la dh_md5sums, but better)

2010-03-04 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
Package: debian-policy Severity: wishlist Version: 3.8.4.0 [ For the full context, see the -devel thread starting at http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2010/03/msg00038.html ] On Thu, Mar 04, 2010 at 01:12:26PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > > Russ, while we are at it, would you mind a bug repo