On Fri, 5 Nov 2010 15:48:29 +0100, "Andre \"Osku\" Schmidt" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > once upon a time someone at #archlinux did `make install` and i wanted > to know if it overwrote any system files (cause it was not /usr/local > he used). so i hacked this little script to checksum files in package > against installed files. and today someone even wanted this kind of > tool at the channel, and lastly allanmademeposthere :P > > Usage: pkgsum <packagename>
I like the idea of having some kind of integrity check for installed packages. Another use case would be checking the file integrity after a crash (especially if you are not using data journaling which is the default) For this to work one would need to check all installed packages and not only one. I also wonder how much space it would take to include all md5sums in e.g. the file lists. Greetings, Pierre -- Pierre Schmitz, https://users.archlinux.de/~pierre
