Re: RPM verify weirdness

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On Wed, Mar 19, 2008, Gavin Carr wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>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.

Bill
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