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From: Jan Sever <n32@×××××.cz>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Source for checksums of installed files
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 14:59:42
Message-Id: APH.2lWr5.3vT0FPZEpDt.1KtsBL@seznam.cz
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Source for checksums of installed files by Mike Gilbert
1 On 02/14/2015 03:52 PM, Mike Gilbert wrote:
2 > On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 4:24 AM, Jan Sever <n32@×××××.cz> wrote:
3 >> Hi all,
4 >>
5 >> I was looking for information about the source for checksums of installed
6 >> files but I didn't find. I'd like to know whether Portage makes checksums
7 >> (for equery check) from installed files in /, or in /var/tmp/portage. And
8 >> similarly whether it makes binary packages (when asked) from /, or again
9 >> from /var/tmp/portage. It'd make sense, it'd make it from /var/tmp/
10 portage
11 >> but I'm not sure of that.
12 >>
13 >> I have suspicion that my SSD doesn't work quite well, so I mount /var/tmp
14 >> from memory and I'd like to know whether the final checksums and binary
15 >> packages cannot be corrupted from SSD.
16 >>
17 >> Of course I thought about the possibility that emerging packages from
18 >> possibly corrupted system is not quite OK but it seems to work.
19 >>
20 >> Thank you in advance for your answer.
21 >>
22 >
23 > Your question is somewhat awkwardly worded, but I think you are
24 > looking for /var/db/pkg/*/*/CONTENTS.
25
26 No, I am not. I know this location but I'd like to know where it's
27 computed from. Live system or PORTAGE_TMPDIR?
28
29 --
30 Jan Sever

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Re: [gentoo-user] Source for checksums of installed files Frank Steinmetzger <Warp_7@×××.de>
Re: [gentoo-user] Source for checksums of installed files Frank Steinmetzger <Warp_7@×××.de>