There is nothing wrong with making the request. But it seems the dpkg developers have not chosen to make it a priority; the most recent work was from six years ago. This is reasonable because the checksums are not intended as a security mechanism. So “Won’t Fix” is an accurate description of the state of this bug.
There is nothing wrong with making the request. But it seems the dpkg developers have not chosen to make it a priority; the most recent work was from six years ago. This is reasonable because the checksums are not intended as a security mechanism. So “Won’t Fix” is an accurate description of the state of this bug.