Re: New apt-repomd snapshot + other apt-rpm news

On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 20:44 +0200, Panu Matilainen wrote:
> I've uploaded a new snapshot of the work-in-progress apt-repomd branch:
> http://laiskiainen.org/apt/testing/apt-repomd-16032006.tar.bz2
>=20
> Changes since the 10032006 snapshot:
> - checksums are now verified for repository metadata and packages from
> both old apt repositories and repomd=20
> - fix from Ville Skytt=C3=A4 to make it build with gcc-4.1
> - don't crash on duplicate sources.list entries
> - debugging output junk removed
>=20
> So, nothing too dramatic but steady progress anyway :)

Builds nicely on pre-FC5 x86_64 (gcc 4.1), but reports a MD5Sum mismatch
with Skype's repository [1] with which Smart, yum and the 01032006
snapshot are happy with.

Also, I noticed also that this patch is not (yet?) included in 16032006:
http://distro2.conectiva.com.br/pipermail/apt-rpm/2006-March/002729.html

[1] repomd http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/ fedora/3/updates/i586/