[CentOS] RPM verify weirdness
Gavin Carr
gavin at openfusion.com.au
Wed Mar 19 05:32:47 UTC 2008
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 12:08:50AM -0400, Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-03-19 at 14:48 +1100, Gavin Carr wrote:
> > Can anyone explain this to me? (CentOS 4/5)
> >
> > # rpm -qf /etc/exports
> > setup
> > # rpm -V setup
> > S.5....T c /etc/bashrc
> > S.5....T c /etc/printcap
> > ..?..... c /etc/securetty
> > # echo '#### foo' > /etc/exports
> > # cat /etc/exports
> > #### foo
> > # rpm -V setup
> > S.5....T c /etc/bashrc
> > S.5....T c /etc/printcap
> > ..?..... c /etc/securetty
> >
> > I thought verify was supposed to check every file in the package?
>
> From the spec file:
>
> %verify(not md5 size mtime) %config(noreplace) /etc/exports
>
> rpm has been explicitly told to *not* check certain traits.
Ah, very cool, thanks. Any pointers to why one would do this?
Cheers,
Gavin
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