Re: [Rpm-maint] rpm packages with empty files..

2008-01-14 Thread Pazzo Da Legare
Dear Mark, thank you again for your explanation, I will have a look at the sources, pazzodalegare 2008/1/11, Mark Hatle [EMAIL PROTECTED]: There is a bit that is set by the rpm package that controls various aspects of validation. md5sum, attributes, size, ghost (if it may or may not

Re: [Rpm-maint] rpm packages with empty files..

2008-01-11 Thread Mark Hatle
Those are ghost files. They don't have to exist for the system to be valid, but if they do exist, they are owned by the RPM package. These files are part of the RPM database mechanisms (actually berkleyDB). --Mark Pazzo Da Legare wrote: Dear All, Could you please explain why rpm packages

[Rpm-maint] rpm packages with empty files..

2008-01-11 Thread Pazzo Da Legare
Dear All, Could you please explain why rpm packages builders are defining spec file with empty files inside? e.g. the rpm package for rpm utility defines empty files __db.000, __db.001, , __db.009, but I cannot find any file on my system...and rpm -Vv seems to be happyis it checking only

Re: [Rpm-maint] rpm packages with empty files..

2008-01-11 Thread Mark Hatle
There is a bit that is set by the rpm package that controls various aspects of validation. md5sum, attributes, size, ghost (if it may or may not exist), etc. To properly validate a system, you have to pay attention to these attributes and ignore certain changes based on those attributes.