From: opsbugs@bluink.ca   
      
   Package: debsums   
   Version: 3.0.2.3   
   Severity: normal   
   X-Debbugs-Cc: opsbugs@bluink.ca   
      
   When trying to find the right combination of rootdir and admindir for our   
   backup   
   verification systems, it became clear that the DPKG variable being formed from   
   two variables creates confusion and can lead to errors. The attached patch file   
   adds a very simple and direct way to tell debsums where to look for the dpkg   
   tree. The new -D option allows us to use our backed up dpkg --get-selections   
   output in a separate root for static VMs/containers.   
      
   Also - while the -m option would appear to allow you to verify an installed   
   package against a single md5sums file, this is not the case. The added line of   
   usage is an attempt to make the actual use of this flag clearer.   
      
      
   -- System Information:   
   Debian Release: 13.3   
     APT prefers stable-updates   
     APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500,   
   'stable')   
   Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)   
      
   Kernel: Linux 6.12.63+deb13-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU threads; PREEMPT)   
   Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not   
   set   
   Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash   
   Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)   
   LSM: AppArmor: enabled   
      
   Versions of packages debsums depends on:   
   ii  libdpkg-perl          1.22.21   
   ii  libfile-fnmatch-perl  0.02-3+b4   
   ii  perl                  5.40.1-6   
      
   debsums recommends no packages.   
      
   Versions of packages debsums suggests:   
   ii  bash-completion  1:2.16.0-7   
      
   -- no debconf information   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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