Re: MD5SUMs in debs / dpkg install hook (new thought)

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Subject: Re: MD5SUMs in debs / dpkg install hook (new thought)
From: kaih@khms.westfalen.de (Kai Henningsen)
Date: 21 Dec 1997 13:42:00 +0200
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hamish@debian.org (Hamish Moffatt)  wrote on 20.12.97 in <[🔎] 19971220162802.64307@yodeller>:

> of non-official sites. Does dpkg check the MD5sum with
> the one in the Packages file or in the archive itself?

I think dpkg-mountable does. At least it always tells me which packages  
pass a MD5 check before even starting dpkg.

MfG Kai

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References:
- Re: are md5sums mandatory for all packages?
  - From: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@monet.m.isar.de>
- Re: are md5sums mandatory for all packages?
  - From: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com>
- MD5SUMs in debs / dpkg install hook (new thought)
  - From: Radu Duta <rduta@xtra.co.nz>
- Re: MD5SUMs in debs / dpkg install hook (new thought)
  - From: Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org>

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