Rod, No, I don't think so, but it's not really necessary. If you do an "rpm --checksig man.rpm" for instance (in the directory where the man.rpm file exists) you should get something like this: $ rpm --checksig man.rpm man.rpm: size md5 OK
That was against a SuSE package. Note that if the RPM file is also GPG signed (and Red Hat's _are_ signed) then you'll see something like this unless you have the proper GPG package installed and import the RPM-GPG-KEY file from the Red Hat FTP server: $ rpm --checksig zsh-4.0.2-2.s390.rpm zsh-4.0.2-2.s390.rpm: size md5 GPG NOT OK Another option would be to do this: rpm -Vp man.rpm --nofiles --nodeps If you get back nothing, then the package is OK. (I think. Anyone with more experience want to confirm or deny this?) Mark -----Original Message----- From: Rod Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 1:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Red Hat GA FTP Pointer Mark: Thanks, I will try this. Is there a file on the ftp server somewhere with the checksums of all the files? Thanks, Rod >Well, it's not a guarantee, but I do this... >I point my web browser to the FTP server, and cut and paste the directory >listing into a file on my Linux box. I use the filename of "tmp". Then, I >do an "ls -l>lsl" command. Then I run this REXX script: >#!/usr/local/bin/regina >/* rexx */ >trace e >'rm tmpo lslo' >infile1="tmp" >infile2="lsl" >outfile1="tmpo" >outfile2="lslo" >do i=1 by 1 while lines(infile1)>0 > inline=linein(infile1) > parse var inline arg1 arg2 size arg4 arg5 arg6 arg7 name rest > outline=size" "name > call lineout outfile1,outline >end i > >do j=1 by 1 while lines(infile2)>0 > inline2=linein(infile2) > parse var inline2 arg1 arg2 arg3 arg4 size arg6 arg7 arg8 name rest > outline=size" "name > call lineout outfile2,outline >end j; >'rm lsl' > > >Then I do this: >diff tmpo lslo | grep rpm > >Anything that pops out needs to be (re-)downloaded. > >Mark Post > >-----Original Message----- >From: Rod Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 10:38 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Red Hat GA FTP Pointer > > >When I have tried to download all the individual files, I have always had >problems with the thing dying in the middle some where. Then it is hard to >know what is missing or if it is complete. With the .iso files, when I get >done I can to an md5sum on three or four files and verify that it is ok. > >How do you verify that you have all the files, and they are correct, when >you have a ton of them? > > > >>Not at all. The entire distribution is there on Red Hat's web site, >>available for download. The only thing that is "missing" are the .iso >>files, which are only a convenience for some people. >> >>I download .iso files when I want to create a canonical reference of what >>was on a distribution, i.e., the CDs as they're laid out by the creator of >>the distribution. When I want to download something to _use_ (and quickly) >>I download the individual packages. It's can be very difficult to download >>multiple 650MB images without errors, retries, etc. I'm not sure why the >>practice started, but the files are certainly not necessary for the >>distribution to be usable. >> >>Mark Post >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Hines Daniel (sys1dmh) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 2:33 PM >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Re: Red Hat GA FTP Pointer >> >> >>Perhaps Red Hat will follow Suse's policy - you must pay to play for the >>latest release ..... >> >>Dan >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Rod Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 2:09 PM >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Re: Red Hat GA FTP Pointer >> >> >>Mark: >> >>I tried that address, but where are the .iso images? >> >>Thanks, >>Rod >> >>>Just in case anyone needed a pointer to the Red Hat GA files, here it is. >>I >>>did not see any .iso files on the site for this version. >>> >>>ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/7.2/en/os/s390/ >>> >>>Mark Post >> >> >>-- >>Rod Clayton KA3BHY >>Systems Programmer >>Howard County Public Schools >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >-- >Rod Clayton KA3BHY >Systems Programmer >Howard County Public Schools >[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Rod Clayton KA3BHY Systems Programmer Howard County Public Schools [EMAIL PROTECTED]
