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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
url="http://www.google.com/"/>) provides a useful search engine for
most packages. If this search is unsuccessful, try one of the
alternative means of downloading discussed at <ulink
- url="&lfs-root;lfs/packages.html#packages"/>.</para>
+ url="&lfs-root;lfs/packages.html#packages"/>. </para>
<para>Downloaded packages and patches will need to be stored somewhere
that is conveniently available throughout the entire build. A working
@@ -53,6 +53,15 @@
<ulink url="../wget-list">wget-list</ulink> as an input to
<command>wget</command>. For example:</para>
- <screen role="nodump"><userinput>wget -i wget-list -P $LFS/sources</userinput></screen>
+<screen role="nodump"><userinput>wget -i wget-list -P $LFS/sources</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>Additionally, starting with LFS-7.0, there is a separate file,
+ <ulink url="../md5sums">md5sums</ulink>, can be used to verify that all
+ the correct packages are available before proceeding. Place that file in
+ <filename class="directory">$LFS/sources</filename> and run:</para>
+
+<screen role="nodump"><userinput>pushd $LFS/sources
+md5sum -c md5sums
+popd</userinput></screen>
</sect1>