> > I.e. if the executable doesn't have the md5 checksum set in the md5
> > section (newly installed, not yet prebound), the executable has been
> > modified since it was prebound (again, newly installed), and probably
> > others ("etc." above), it does not match.
>
> In that case, what is the point of using an MD5 checksum?  A random
> number of the same length would serve equally well.

Could be.  Again, I'm guessing at this point; let's hear what Bang
Jun-Young has to say.

- Håvard