file with wrong MD5 checksum

[Laurent Bonnaud]

Here is the problem:

$ debsums -s elementary-icon-theme
debsums: changed file /usr/share/icons/elementary/.icon-theme.cache (from elementary-icon-theme package)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: elementary-icon-theme 2.7.1-0ubuntu6 [modified: usr/share/icons/elementary/.icon-theme.cache]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-13.20-generic 3.11.6
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Nov 10 13:18:39 2013
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-27 (196 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: elementary-icon-theme
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-01 (40 days ago)

[Laurent Bonnaud (laurent-bonnaud)]

This bug still exists in trusty (same package version).

[Laurent Bonnaud (laurent-bonnaud)]

Same problem in utopic, vivid, xenial, since the package has not been updated.

[Laurent Bonnaud (laurent-bonnaud)]

There are even error messages during installation:

gtk-update-icon-cache: The generated cache was invalid.
WARNING: icon cache generation failed for /usr/share/icons/elementary

Here is the full installation log:

# apt install elementary-icon-theme
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  elementary-icon-theme
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 1 984 kB of archives.
After this operation, 32,5 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/universe amd64 elementary-icon-theme all 2.7.1-0ubuntu7 [1 984 kB]
Fetched 1 984 kB in 0s (5 142 kB/s)
(Reading database ... 609188 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../elementary-icon-theme_2.7.1-0ubuntu7_all.deb ...
Unpacking elementary-icon-theme (2.7.1-0ubuntu7) ...
Setting up elementary-icon-theme (2.7.1-0ubuntu7) ...
gtk-update-icon-cache: The generated cache was invalid.
WARNING: icon cache generation failed for /usr/share/icons/elementary

[Laurent Bonnaud (laurent-bonnaud)]

The bug is still there in cosmic:

$ debsums -s elementary-icon-theme
debsums: changed file /usr/share/icons/elementary/.icon-theme.cache (from elementary-icon-theme package)

Package: elementary-icon-theme
Version: 2.7.1-0ubuntu7

[Laurent Bonnaud (laurent-bonnaud)]

This bug no longer exists.
Thanks!