> > I know debsums does part of this job, but AIUI only if the .deb > > contains md5sums information. > > > > This would be a useful tool for a maintainer with a complex package (I > > have an internal one here in mind) which he has been forced to edit > > the files 'in-place' to fix problems, and wishes to get a list of all > > files he edited. > > > > Does this exist? > > How close is debsums to what you want?
It's close --- that's why I mentioned it --- but it requires the .deb to have md5sum information. This shouldn't be necessary, it should be simple enough to dpkg-deb -x the deb, then go through each file, comparing size and then contents (with `cmp'). Jules -- Jules Bean | Any sufficiently advanced [EMAIL PROTECTED] | technology is indistinguishable [EMAIL PROTECTED] | from a perl script
