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1999-05-24 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Re: md5sum proposal

1999-05-24 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, May 24, 1999 at 08:47:00AM -0700, Christoph Lameter wrote: > The md5sums of individual files are not only helpful for security but > for the verification of the integrity of installed files in general. RPM > includes perms etc in their database as well as noted by others before and > I wish

Re: md5sum proposal

1999-05-24 Thread Christoph Lameter
The md5sums of individual files are not only helpful for security but for the verification of the integrity of installed files in general. RPM includes perms etc in their database as well as noted by others before and I wish we would do that as well. On Mon, 24 May 1999, Anthony Towns wrote: > On

Bug#38212: debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] rewrite of section 5.7

1999-05-24 Thread Joseph Carter
Seconded -- Joseph Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Debian GNU/Linux developer PGP: E8D68481E3A8BB77 8EE22996C9445FBEThe Source Comes First! - Fuck, I can't compile the damn thing and I wrote it ! pgpVBEvXD

Re: md5sum proposal

1999-05-24 Thread Anthony Towns
On Sun, May 23, 1999 at 02:55:58PM -0700, Christoph Lameter wrote: > Seconded > On Mon, 17 May 1999, Piotr Roszatycki wrote: > > I think DEBIAN/md5sums file should be required for all packages. Just as a note: I don't object to this; I simply don't think it'll improve security in any conceiva

Bug#38212: debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] rewrite of section 5.7

1999-05-24 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On Mon, May 24, 1999 at 12:37:21AM -0400, Branden Robinson wrote: > Unified diff to the .sgml source is MIME-attached. I second this proposal. -- %%% Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho % [EMAIL PROTECTED] % http://www.iki.fi/gaia/ %%% Good Times are back again! http:

Bug#38212: debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] rewrite of section 5.7

1999-05-24 Thread Joey Hess
This looks reasonable - seconded. -- see shy jo

Re: md5sum proposal

1999-05-24 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Christoph" == Christoph Lameter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Christoph> md5sums are a verficiation of permanently installed files Christoph> guaranteering their integrity and not of user Christoph> customizations. I think those issues need to be separate. I really think you are n

Bug#38212: debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] rewrite of section 5.7

1999-05-24 Thread Branden Robinson
Package: debian-policy Version: 2.5.1.0 Severity: wishlist I have rewritten section 5.7 of the policy manual to reflect some changes that have taken place as a result of the Great X Reorganization. I also reworded the section on LessTif/Motif, though that's not strictly my province. I thought ab