[plug] Debian packaging, filesystem corruption, verify.

[Ashley Jennings]

PLUG members are well versed in distributed processing,  a fun way to
check would be with the help of those on the list with the same distro
and version as you.


<md5_debs.sh>
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#!/bin/bash


for i in `ls /var/cache/apt/archives`
do

md5sum /var/cache/apt/archives/$i >> /tmp/deb_md5

done


cat /tmp/deb_md5 | mail myk at myk.id.au

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this snippet released under the GPL for easy modification.



Ash



On 16/10/06, Michael Holland <myk at myk.id.au> wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Oct 2006, Ashley Jennings wrote:
>
> > two options from the apt-get man page which may help are --fix-broken
> > and  --reinstall .
>
> Hi Ashley,
> unfortunately the --fix-broken refers to broken dependencies. As far as
> I can tell, the debian package management system does not keep checksums
> of installed files, as I believe RPM does.
>  If I have to re-install the lot, i might as well give Edgy a try.
>