By diligent lurking on this NG, I read of and tried the following routines:
1. "debsums_gen -l" - which gave the following output (first two lines): Checking for packages without md5sums list aalib1 akode alsaplayer at base-config base-files bc bin86 binutils and 2."# aptitude search '~i! ~M'" - which started as follows: i a2ps i adduser i afio i alien i alsa-base i alsa-oss i alsa-utils i alsamixergui i alsaplayer i alsaplayer-alsa i alsaplayer-common i alsaplayer-gtk i alsaplayer-oss i antiword i apt i apt-utils i apt-zip i aptitude i aptitude-doc-en i aspell i aspell-en i at i audacity >From which I deduce that some packages lost their md5sums during my upgrade from Sarge to Etch and some packages did not. The fault is mine/my setup. My connection to the internet is slow; hence I am reduced to using the DVDs for upgrades. Although I procured the "official" Etch DVD set from a supplier listed by Debian, there were numerous notifications during the "dist-upgrade" that I was installing "untrusted packages". And, due to my slow internet connection, I refrained from running the recommended "aptitude update" at the end of the successful "dist-upgrade". Is there an alternative to "aptitude update" or do I have to live with the missing md5sums and "untrusted packages"? Felix Karpfen -- Felix Karpfen Public Key 72FDF9DF (DH/DSA) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
