>>>>> "Andreas" == Andreas Tille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

    Andreas> On 20 Mar 2000, Brian May wrote:
    >> I have to agree with Jason here, I was confused. In this case
    >> the error is generating by apt-get, in my case the error was
    >> generated by dpkg.
    >> 
    >> I will take Jason's word for it that a deb file with bytes
    >> missing can still be valid...
    Andreas> OK, I take the word as you, but what should I do if I
    Andreas> detect such kind of problem.  Who should I inform and
    Andreas> which information should I ship.

    Andreas> By the way.  Shouldn't dpkg at least warn that md5 sums
    Andreas> are wrong?

The md5sums are included in the *.changes files, not the *.deb file.
dpkg never sees the *.changes file...
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Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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