RDEBSUMS(1) Recursive debsums RDEBSUMS(1)
NAME
rdebsums - a recursive debsums
SYNOPSIS
rdebsums --help | [ debsum options ] [ --others ] package
DESCRIPTION
rdebsums runs debsums(1) over a given package and all its dependencies.
It can be used to make sure a problem with a package is not due to file
corruption.
All but the last element of the command-line and options understood by
rdebsums are sent to debsums(1).
OPTIONS
--help Prints a short help text
--others
Also runs debsums on Recommended and Suggested packages.
EXAMPLES
Check the package aptitude and all its dependencies:
rdebsums aptitude
The same while being significantly less verbose
rdebsums -s aptitude
BUGS
rdebsums is quite slow - essentially due to dpkg-query not being ex-
tremely fast.
Currently, rdebsums will be confused by virtual packages.
--others is actually nearly useless, as you often end up checking nearly
all packages. You'll most probably win time by running debsums without
arguments.
AUTHOR
rdebsums was written by Vincent Fourmond <fourmond@debian.org>
SEE ALSO
debsums(1), dpkg-query(1)
Version 0.1 2007-03-29 RDEBSUMS(1)
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