It's strange indeed, but it's not the fault of dpkg. dpkg is not generating the md5sums files. I guess the problem is related to pkgbinarymangler. IIRC it shortens the changelog.Debian.gz files, and optimizes .png file, and other operations like this.
** Also affects: pkgbinarymangler (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/875466 Title: Lots of packages shipping with broken md5sums To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/875466/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs