> > On Thu, May 14, 1998 at 05:28:42PM -0300, Otavio Exel wrote: > > hi all, > > > > is there a way to check package intgrity in a given .deb file? > > > > I'm using debian 1.3 (bo); > > > > beers & TIA! > > > > -- > > Otavio Exel /<\oo/>\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Perhaps this is not elegant, but it will give you a basic sanity check: > > dpkg -c [package.deb] > > If that spews the contents without errors, you should have fair > confidence.
A bit more specific would be to unpack the package with ar, and check the gzipped components: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ ls binutils_2.9.1-0.1.deb $ ar x binutils_2.9.1-0.1.deb $ ls binutils_2.9.1-0.1.deb data.tar.gz control.tar.gz debian-binary $ gunzip -tv *.gz control.tar.gz: OK data.tar.gz: OK ------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you have the Packages file, things get even better: for each package the MD5sum is given. You can check this with md5sum <package>.deb. HTH, Eric Meijer -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax +31 40 2455054 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
