[Reproducible-commits] [dpkg] 05/32: man: Clarify that the md5sum check on «dpkg --verify»

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commit a1bb7029b2cd3507ee27434af10354f4fad0f331
Author: Guillem Jover <guillem at debian.org>
Date:   Tue Sep 29 02:35:49 2015 +0200

    man: Clarify that the md5sum check on «dpkg --verify»
    
    Mention that it is performed on the file contents, and failures denote
    changed content.
    
    Closes: #760248
---
 debian/changelog | 2 ++
 man/dpkg.1       | 6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 60f8e19..f453856 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ dpkg (1.18.4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Documentation:
     - Move description for “target architecture” from the dpkg-architecture(1)
       ‘-A’ option to the TERMS section. Closes: #799046
+    - Clarify that the md5sum check on «dpkg --verify» is performed on the
+      file contents, and failures denote changed content. Closes: #760248
 
   [ Updated programs translations ]
   * Japanese (Kenshi Muto). Closes: #799432
diff --git a/man/dpkg.1 b/man/dpkg.1
index 1325761..b8fba17 100644
--- a/man/dpkg.1
+++ b/man/dpkg.1
@@ -235,7 +235,8 @@ themselves. That metadata gets collected at package unpack time during
 the installation process.
 
 Currently the only functional check performed is an md5sum verification
-against the stored value in the files database. It will only get checked
+of the file contents against the stored value in the files database.
+It will only get checked
 if the database contains the file md5sum. To check for any missing
 metadata in the database, the \fB\-\-audit\fP command can be used.
 
@@ -722,7 +723,8 @@ The lines start with 9 characters to report each specific check result,
 a \(oq\fB?\fP\(cq implies the check could not be done (lack of support,
 file permissions, etc), \(oq\fB.\fP\(cq implies the check passed, and
 an alphanumeric character implies a specific check failed; the md5sum
-verification is denoted with a \(oq\fB5\fP\(cq on the third character.
+verification failure (the file contents have changed) is denoted with
+a \(oq\fB5\fP\(cq on the third character.
 The line is followed by a space and an attribute character (currently
 \(oq\fBc\fP\(cq for conffiles), another space and the pathname.
 .TP

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