rpm5 package verification and md5sum of config files

Adam Osuchowski adwol at zonk.pl
Sun Oct 14 20:51:12 CEST 2012


Package verification by rpm-5.4.10-18 always shows config files as modified
(md5sum changed) even though they are not modified.

For example:

root at pld:~# rpm -q --qf '[%{filemd5s}  %{filenames}\n]' systemd-units | grep /etc/systemd/system-preset/default.preset ; md5sum /etc/systemd/system-preset/default.preset
e6e4f6387a5dd8161fcb48c51ce85197  /etc/systemd/system-preset/default.preset
e6e4f6387a5dd8161fcb48c51ce85197  /etc/systemd/system-preset/default.preset
root at pld:~# rpm -V systemd-units
..5.....  c /etc/systemd/system-preset/default.preset
root at pld:~# rpm -q --qf '[%{filemd5s}  %{filenames}\n]' wget | grep /etc/wgetrc ; md5sum /etc/wgetrc
0dbf720f5c9d29cbad8356f758a6a889  /etc/wgetrc
0dbf720f5c9d29cbad8356f758a6a889  /etc/wgetrc
root at pld:~# rpm -V wget
..5.....  c /etc/wgetrc

It occurs probably for every package with configuration file(s).

BTW, is there any argument for rpm5 to not show changes of configuration
files during -V verification like with rpm4?


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