No crc32 package in Debian?

[Xavier Roche]

I was looking for the very simple "crc32" binary to compute checksums for files, and couldn't find it. There is a crc32 perl lib, but no crc32 package. I know that md5 (or even sha-160) hash fingerprints are better, but in many cases (like tar archives on tapes, or ftp files) you have only CRC-32.

See http://freshmeat.net/projects/checkcrc/
This one is looking good, and was co-written by Mark Adler (who also co-wrote zlib)

If it was not packaged by anyone (couldn't find any reference, but it might have been packaged with another one), and if everybody is okay, I will ITP it.

[Benjamin Drieu]

Post by Xavier Roche
I was looking for the very simple "crc32" binary to compute
checksums for files, and couldn't find it. There is a crc32 perl
lib, but no crc32 package. I know that md5 (or even sha-160) hash
fingerprints are better, but in many cases (like tar archives on
tapes, or ftp files) you have only CRC-32.

Doesn't cksfv does the job ?

Post by Xavier Roche
If it was not packaged by anyone (couldn't find any reference, but
it might have been packaged with another one), and if everybody is
okay, I will ITP it.

Please perform according to section 5.1 of the Developer's Reference
and fill an ITP.


Cheers,
Benjamin

[Xavier Roche]

Post by Benjamin Drieu
Doesn't cksfv does the job ?

Absolutely - I did not find it in the first time, as the primary goal was to generate sfv files (but you can get the CRC inside it)

[Eduard Bloch]

#include <hallo.h>

Post by Xavier Roche
I was looking for the very simple "crc32" binary to compute checksums for files, and couldn't find it. There is a crc32 perl lib, but no crc32 package. I know that md5 (or even sha-160) hash fingerprints are better, but in many cases (like tar archives on tapes, or ftp files) you have only CRC-32.

apt-cache search crc check
apt-cache show cfv cksfv

MfG,
Eduard.