Re: Debian packages MD5 sums

2002-05-18 Thread Andy Saxena
On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 09:26:52AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 08:19:29PM -0400, Andy Saxena wrote: > > Since the Packages.gz has md5sums for the entire package, one scheme > > would be to download this file from a trusted source, like the main > > Debian website, and then

Re: Debian packages MD5 sums

2002-05-16 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 08:19:29PM -0400, Andy Saxena wrote: > Since the Packages.gz has md5sums for the entire package, one scheme > would be to download this file from a trusted source, like the main > Debian website, and then compare these checksums to the downloaded > packages that come from a

Re: Debian packages MD5 sums

2002-05-15 Thread Andy Saxena
On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 11:14:18PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 05:41:45PM -0400, Andy Saxena wrote: > > On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 02:57:03PM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote: > > > On Mon, 2002-05-13 at 13:54, Scott Henson wrote: > > > > Try debsums. Not all packages have it, bu

Re: Debian packages MD5 sums

2002-05-15 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 05:41:45PM -0400, Andy Saxena wrote: > On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 02:57:03PM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote: > > On Mon, 2002-05-13 at 13:54, Scott Henson wrote: > > > Try debsums. Not all packages have it, but some do. > > I keep seeing this statement often, but I must not be

Re: Debian packages MD5 sums

2002-05-15 Thread Andy Saxena
On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 02:57:03PM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote: > On Mon, 2002-05-13 at 13:54, Scott Henson wrote: > > Try debsums. Not all packages have it, but some do. Also a few weeks > > ago there wa I keep seeing this statement often, but I must not be understanding it completely. If I

Re: Debian packages MD5 sums

2002-05-13 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Mon, 2002-05-13 at 13:54, Scott Henson wrote: > Try debsums. Not all packages have it, but some do. Also a few weeks > ago there wa You can get the MD5 sums for the current packages by checking Packages.gz for the appropriate distribution. This is relatively reliable for Woody and Potato, but

Re: Debian packages MD5 sums

2002-05-13 Thread Scott Henson
On Mon, 2002-05-13 at 00:01, Sandeep Gopal Nijsure wrote: > Hi all, > > I am looking for MD5 sums of the latest versions of clean Debian packages > for "testing" distribution. I wanted them so that I could compare them > with the sums of packages installed on a machine to see if a machine has > b

Re: Debian packages MD5 sums

2002-05-13 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 11:01:01PM -0500, Sandeep Gopal Nijsure wrote: > I am looking for MD5 sums of the latest versions of clean Debian packages > for "testing" distribution. I wanted them so that I could compare them > with the sums of packages installed on a machine to see if a machine has > b