debsums_init - Initialize md5sums files for packages lacking them
SYNOPSIS
debsums_init
DESCRIPTION
debsums_init
will look for packages that did not install their
md5sums
files. Then, it will generate those
md5sums
files from the binary packages downloaded via APT if available.
This initialization process is needed since there are many packages which do not ship
md5sums
file in their binary packages. If you enable
auto-gen
option while installing
debsum
package, you need to run this
debsums_init
command only once after you install the
debsums
package.
debsums_init
needs to be invoked as superuser.
You may wish to clear local package cache prior to running
debsums_init
command to make sure you are creating from the untainted packages
by executing: