On Tue, 2013-12-24 at 13:20:38 -0500, Filipus Klutiero wrote: > Package: dpkg > Version: 1.17.5 > Severity: wishlist > > dpkg's manpage hints on the meaning of the output of dpkg --verify:
I guess we have a different understanding of what “hints” means. The description seems pretty detailed to me. > > The only currently supported output format is rpm, which consists > > of a line for every path that failed any check. The lines start > > with 9 characters to report the specific check results, a '?' > > implies the check could not be done (lack of support, file > > permissions, etc), '.' implies the check passed, and an > > alphanumeric character implies a specific check failed; the only > > functional check is an md5sum verification denoted with a '5' on > > the third character. The line is followed by a space and an > > attribute character (currently 'c' for conffiles), another space > > and the pathname. > On my system, the rpm format gives: > ># dpkg --verify > >??5?????? c /etc/sane.d/dll.conf […] > It would help understand what is wrong if the output explained why > a check failed, or if the manpage documented what the third check does. The md5sum verification failed, so the file's contents do not match the recorded hash in the database. This is explained in the --verify and --verify-format options in the man page, I'm not sure what information you find it's missing, TBH. Regards, Guillem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
