Re: RPM verify weirdness

[Gavin Carr <gavin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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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