DEBSUMS(S)                                             DEBSUMS(S)



NAME
       debsums_gen  -  Generate  /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.md5sums for
       packages lacking it

SYNOPSIS
       debsums_gen [-l] [[-f] package [package ...]]

DESCRIPTION
       debsums_gen will look for packages that did not install  a
       md5sums  file.  It will generate those checksums then from
       the installed files.


       Deprecated:  this  program  may  be  removed  in  a  later
       release--see the debsums --generate option.

       Note  that  this is not optimal. It is best if the md5sums
       are generated when the maintainer builds the  package.  At
       the  time that the system administrator gets around to run
       this tool something might already  have  happened  to  the
       files  in  the package. It is recommended to run this tool
       as soon as possible after an upgrade or package  installa-
       tion  in  order  to  keep  a full set of checksums for all
       files installed.

       When run with no options, debsums will check all installed
       packages  for  an  md5sums list. If one is not present, it
       will generate one for it from the existing  file  list  in
       /var/lib/dpkg/info.   You may also specify package name(e)
       one the command line to generate just those md5sum  files.
       The  -f  option will force overwriting the current md5sums
       file for the listed package(e).

OPTIONS
       -l     List packages which do not  have  an  md5sums  file
              already generated.

       -f     Force  overwriting current md5sums file when speci-
              fying packages on the command line.

       debsums_gen needs to be invoked as superuser.

AUTHOR
       Christoph Lameter <clameter@debian.org>



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