Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 19:21:53 -0700 (PDT) From: "Ronald F.Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: rfg@tristatelogic.com Subject: bin/178609: pkg_info -g fails to notice when files have been changed Message-ID: <20130514022153.0CC3E3B2A2@segfault.tristatelogic.com> Resent-Message-ID: <201305140230.r4E2U0pP023217@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 178609 >Category: bin >Synopsis: pkg_info -g fails to notice when files have been changed >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue May 14 02:30:00 UTC 2013 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Ronald F. Guilmette >Release: FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE amd64 >Organization: entr0py >Environment: FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE amd64 >Description: Running the "pkg_info -g" command can sometimes improperly result in pkg_info reporting MD5 checksum mismatches for files that have simply been modified, either by the user or by some other port or package installation process, since the time when the file(s) in question were first installed. This is entirely inappropriate as it can cause the system administrator to worry and fret that some file or files that were installed as parts of ports or packages have gotten corrupted somehow, when in fact the files in question, which may be locally con- figurable config files have merely been locally configured. More information on this problem can be found here: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2013-May/083485.html >How-To-Repeat: portinstall p5-XML-SAX portinstall p5-XML-LibXML pkg_info -g 'p5-XML-SAX*' (The second portinstall invocation above will result in the file named /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14.2/XML/SAX/ParserDetails.ini which was already installed as part of the p5-XML-SAX install to be diddled. There after, pkg_info -g 'p5-XML-SAX*' will claim that the file is failing its MD5 checksum check. This is arguably true, but is also entirely superfluous, pointless, and unnerving for the typical sysadmin.) >Fix: Left as an exercise for the reader. But seriously folks, a proper fix should be fairly trivial. I will cook up patches, if requested. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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