[CentOS] Strange alterations to vim and related packages on KVM host

[fred smith]

On Wed, Jul 04, 2012 at 07:53:09AM -0700, John Doe wrote:
> From: James B. Byrne <byrnejb at harte-lyne.ca>
> 
> > Yesterday git status reported that the following files had changed
> > since the previous commit:
> > #       modified:   ../usr/bin/gdb
> > #       modified:   ../usr/bin/gvim
> > #       modified:   ../usr/bin/vim
> > 
> > #       modified:   ../etc/virsh.run
> > #       modified:   .Xauthority
> > #       modified:   .bash_history
> > #       modified:   ../selinux/policy
> > #       modified:   ../usr/bin/gdb
> > #       modified:   ../usr/bin/gvim
> > #       modified:   ../usr/bin/vim
> > #
> > When I check the differences git simply reports that the binary files
> > are difference but, after I reinstalled them all yesterday I noted
> > that the file modification times of the replaced files and their
> > respective reinstalled files were the same but their file sizes were
> > not.
> 
> Did you rpm verify?
> # rpm -qV vim-enhanced
> # rpm -qV gdb
> Did you diff the text files?
> Did you "binary diff" the binaries?
> How many bytes difference? constant number?
> 
> JD

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