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.BR digest
Creates a digest file for the package in
/usr/portage/[category]/[package]/files/. This digest file lists the
-md5sums of all the files found in the SRC_URI. If the fetched source
-of the package is corrupt/bogus in some way, the md5sum will catch this.
+checksums of all the files found in the SRC_URI. See the \fB\-\-force\fR
+option if you would like to prevent digests from being assumed. For further
+information regarding the behavior of this command, see the documentation for
+the \fIassume\-digests\fR value of the \fBFEATURES\fR variable in
+\fBmake.conf\fR(5).
.TP
.BR manifest
Updates the manifest file for the package. This performs the second half