Chris's Wiki :: blog/linux/RPMVerificationII Commentshttps://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/RPMVerificationII?atomcommentsDWiki2008-11-19T21:27:21ZRecent comments in Chris's Wiki :: blog/linux/RPMVerificationII.By Chris Siebenmann on /blog/linux/RPMVerificationIItag:CSpace:blog/linux/RPMVerificationII:7bcd5ebc096638e792166806415751ce68c01913Chris Siebenmann<div class="wikitext"><p>Given this, you may find <code>rpmdelta</code>, part of my <a href="https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/linux.html">rpmtools</a> stuff, to be interesting. Parts of rpmtools are
out of date and probably somewhat broken by now, but I think that
<code>rpmdelta</code> still works.</p>
</div>2008-11-19T21:27:21ZBy Dan.Astoorian on /blog/linux/RPMVerificationIItag:CSpace:blog/linux/RPMVerificationII:a738b9d9940fb36dbf8afc0d825f87e750f694cbDan.Astoorian<div class="wikitext"><blockquote><p>The first is that RPM's verification doesn't have to use the system database;instead it can get the MD5 checksums from a <code>.rpm</code> itself. This is done with '<code>rpm -V -p <rpm></code>'. Naturally the <code>.rpm</code> had better be the same version that's installed[...]</p>
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<p>Actually, I sometimes find it useful to run this against a different <code>.rpm</code> than the installed one: e.g., to determine which files in a package have changed before updating it.</p>
<p>--Dan</p>
</div>2008-11-17T15:31:48Z