[CentOS] RPM verify weirdness

Wed Mar 19 04:08:50 UTC 2008
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazqueznet at gmail.com>

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.

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Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazqueznet at gmail.com>

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