On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 13:49:34 -0600, Gary Thornock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In my case it's because I'm comparing two machines. I'm going to > > check to size of /usr/local on both and compare them to see if > > someone has been compiling from source (and hence not registering > > stuff with rpm). I know that the disk usage is likely to be the > > same, but isn't guaranteed to be while the real (or apparent I > > guess) file sizes will be the same if the files are the same. > > > > Before someone suggests MD5 let me say that it's not that important, > > but it is important enough to check sizes. We're not looking for > > hackers, just misguided developers. > > Won't this also produce a "false positive" result if someone > recompiles from the SRPM, particularly if they use different options > in the compile? (i.e. rpmbuild --target athlon, or a difference in > /etc/rpmrc)
Yup, but I'm not concerned about that. And wouldn't that show up when I check 'rpm -qa'? -- Andrew Jorgensen ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
