Hi,
> I downloaded RHEL5 rpm files for the latest 8.1.16 release and could not
> find the MD5 file for them.
> http://ftp9.us.postgresql.org/pub/mirrors/postgresql/binary/v8.1.16/linux/rpms/redhat/rhel-5-i386/
>
> 8.1.15 RHEL5 roms had them,
> http://ftp9.us.postgresql.org/pub/mirrors/postgresql/binary/v8.1.15/linux/rpms/redhat/rhel-5-i386/
>
> How do I get the checksum for these files to compare?
Until they sync to FTP sites, you can check the signature of the RPMs.
They are signed with:
http://yum.pgsqlrpms.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-PGDG
You can import this to your rpm database and check packages with rpm
--checksig .
Regards,
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Devrim