Debian Bug report logs - #6633
[MD5SUM] md5sum exists both in dpkg and in upstream GNU textutils

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Package: dpkg; Maintainer for dpkg is Dpkg Developers <debian-dpkg@lists.debian.org>; Source for dpkg is src:dpkg (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: oe.hansen@halmstad.mail.telia.com

Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 21:03:06 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed-in-experimental

Merged with 136110

Found in version 1.9.19

Done: Scott James Remnant <scott@netsplit.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org:
Bug#6633. (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to oe.hansen@halmstad.mail.telia.com:
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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: "Orn E. Hansen" <oehansen@halmstad.mail.telia.com>
To: submit@bugs.debian.org
Subject: dpkg... one program in many pakcages
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 21:56:05 +0100
  After installing GNU utilities, that have 'md5sum' program.  The package
installer 'dpkg' becomes annoying.  The reason here, seems to be that 'dpkg'
is using an older version of 'md5sum' which it includes in the package,
while the GNU utilities provide a newer version of this program.  Hereafter
will the 'dpkg' program give:

  md5sum gave malformatted output '<the check sum from md5sum>'

  Installing 'dpkg' again, thus reinstating the 'md5sum' program fixes this,
but shouldn't packages try and use the 'latest' versions of these utility
programs?


-- 
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Ørn Einar Hansen                         oe.hansen@halmstad.mail.telia.com
                                          oehansen@daimi.aau.dk
                                    fax; +46 035 217194




Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org:
Bug#6633. (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Galen Hazelwood <galenh@micron.net>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. (full text, mbox, link).


Message #10 received at 6633@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Galen Hazelwood <galenh@micron.net>
To: oe.hansen@halmstad.mail.telia.com, 6633@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#6633: dpkg... one program in many pakcages
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 10:03:48 -0700
Orn E. Hansen wrote:
> 
>   After installing GNU utilities, that have 'md5sum' program.  The package
> installer 'dpkg' becomes annoying.  The reason here, seems to be that 'dpkg'
> is using an older version of 'md5sum' which it includes in the package,
> while the GNU utilities provide a newer version of this program.  Hereafter
> will the 'dpkg' program give:
> 
>   md5sum gave malformatted output '<the check sum from md5sum>'
> 

Could you tell me where you got the "latest" md5sum?  The reason I
ask is that the md5sum in textutils (which is the obvious replacement)
seems to produce identical output to the one in dpkg.

--Galen


Bug assigned to package `dpkg'. Request was from Jon Rabone <93jkr@eng.cam.ac.uk> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).


Bug reassigned from package `dpkg' to `dpkg'. Request was from Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).


Information forwarded to Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>:
Bug#6633; Package dpkg. (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to remco@blaakmeer.student.utwente.nl (Remco Blaakmeer):
Extra info received and forwarded to maintainer. Copy sent to Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>. (full text, mbox, link).


Message #19 received at 6633-maintonly@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: remco@blaakmeer.student.utwente.nl (Remco Blaakmeer)
To: 6633-maintonly@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Old bugs need to be looked at
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 1998 12:29:13 +0100 (CET)
This is an automated message sent to all bugs older than one year.

This bug is very old. Please take a look at it and see if you can fix it.
If it has already been fixed, please close it.

If you have problems fixing it or if you don't have the time to fix it,
please ask the people on debian-devel@lists.debian.org for help, so that
at least the oldest bugs can be solved before Debian 2.0 is released.

Remco Blaakmeer


Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>:
Bug#6633; Package dpkg. (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Juan Cespedes <cespedes@debian.org>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>. (full text, mbox, link).


Message #24 received at 6633@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Juan Cespedes <cespedes@debian.org>
To: 6633@bugs.debian.org
Cc: "Orn E. Hansen" <oehansen@halmstad.mail.telia.com>
Subject: Can this bug be closed?
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 1998 20:13:01 +0200
	I can't find any "newer" md5sum.  I have never been able to
reproduce this bug.  Can this be closed?

	I will close it shortly if I don't receive any comments.

From: "Orn E. Hansen" <oehansen@halmstad.mail.telia.com>
>   After installing GNU utilities, that have 'md5sum' program.  The package
> installer 'dpkg' becomes annoying.  The reason here, seems to be that 'dpkg'
> is using an older version of 'md5sum' which it includes in the package,
> while the GNU utilities provide a newer version of this program.  Hereafter
> will the 'dpkg' program give:
> 
>   md5sum gave malformatted output '<the check sum from md5sum>'
> 
>   Installing 'dpkg' again, thus reinstating the 'md5sum' program fixes this,
> but shouldn't packages try and use the 'latest' versions of these utility
> programs?


-- 
Juan Cespedes


Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>:
Bug#6633; Package dpkg. (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to James Troup <J.J.Troup@scm.brad.ac.uk>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>. (full text, mbox, link).


Message #29 received at 6633@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: James Troup <J.J.Troup@scm.brad.ac.uk>
To: Juan Cespedes <cespedes@debian.org>
Cc: 6633@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#6633: Can this bug be closed?
Date: 06 Apr 1998 13:38:13 +0100
Juan Cespedes <cespedes@debian.org> writes:

> I can't find any "newer" md5sum.

He means the md5sum from fileutils (not included in the Debian
version, naturally).

> I have never been able to reproduce this bug.

It's very easy, simply compile the md5sum from fileutils and install
it over dpkg's version.  dpkg doesn't like it, since dpkg's md5sum has
a different AUI.

>  Can this be closed?
>
>  I will close it shortly if I don't receive any comments.

Please don't close dpkg bugs.  You're not the maintainer and you
clearly don't understand this one.

-- 
James


Changed Bug title. Request was from Josip Rodin <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).


Severity set to `wishlist'. Request was from Josip Rodin <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).


Merged 6633 136110. Request was from Josip Rodin <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).


Changed Bug title. Request was from Adam Heath <doogie@brainfood.com> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).


Tags added: pending Request was from Scott James Remnant <scott@netsplit.com> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).


Tags added: pending Request was from Scott James Remnant <scott@netsplit.com> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).


Tags removed: pending Request was from Scott James Remnant <scott@netsplit.com> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).


Tags removed: pending Request was from Scott James Remnant <scott@netsplit.com> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).


Tags added: fixed-in-experimental Request was from Scott James Remnant <scott@netsplit.com> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).


Tags added: fixed-in-experimental Request was from Scott James Remnant <scott@netsplit.com> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).


Tags removed: pending Request was from Scott James Remnant <scott@netsplit.com> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).


Tags removed: pending Request was from Scott James Remnant <scott@netsplit.com> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).


Bug closed, send any further explanations to oe.hansen@halmstad.mail.telia.com Request was from Scott James Remnant <scott@netsplit.com> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).


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