[CentOS] RPM verify weirdness
Gavin Carr
gavin at openfusion.com.au
Wed Mar 19 04:03:48 UTC 2008
On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 08:55:16PM -0700, Bill Campbell wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2008, 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?
>
> It does, only displaying changes. The ones with ? are most
> likely zero length.
>
> The ``c'' characters in the middle indicate configuration files,
> and changes are often normal.
Yes, but my point is I just changed /etc/exports, and yet it doesn't
show up in the rpm -V.
Cheers,
Gavin
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