Packaging Problem: dpkg-1.10.4-1 contains /usr/bin/md5sum.exe, conficting with textutils

[Randall R Schulz]

Hi,

Might the fact that I recently installed the dpkg package be the reason why 
md5sum is no longer present on my system?

I re-installed the textutils package, and /bin/md5sum.exe is back. Is that 
a clue?

Based on the tarballs in my download directory, I have installed both 
1.10.4-1 and then 1.10.4-2 releases of the "dpkg" package. Is that the crux 
of the problem? The "-1" release had the clashing md5sum binary and the 
uninstall of the "-1" that was part of the "-2" install / upgrade left me 
without the file (/bin/md5sum.exe) that overlapped the textutils and the 
dpkg 1.10.4-1 packages?

Randall Schulz
Mountain View, CA USA


At 06:05 2002-07-24, Max Bowsher wrote:
>Both dpkg and textutils contain an md5sum.exe, and they are _not_ the same.
>(However, they appear to produce the same sums, although dpkg's does not place
>the binary mark (*) in the output.)
>
>The version from textutils provides more useful help output, and supports the
>standard long options, so unless there are other factors, it seems preferable.
>
>Max.


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