Bug 1395818

Summary:	rpm does not verify %ghost files
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Reporter:	Jan Pokorný [poki] <jpokorny>
Component:	rpm	Assignee:	Packaging Maintenance Team <packaging-team-maint>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Jan Blazek <jblazek>
Severity:	unspecified	Docs Contact:	Marie Hornickova <mdolezel>
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	7.4	CC:	ffesti, pmatilai, pmoravco, redhat-bugzilla, vmukhame
Target Milestone:	rc
Target Release:	---
Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
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Fixed In Version:	rpm-4.11.3-34.el7	Doc Type:	Release Note
Doc Text:	The "--noghost" option has been added to the "rpm -V" command This update adds the "--noghost" option to the "rpm -V" command. If used with this option, "rpm -V" verifies only the non-ghost files that were altered, which helps diagnose system problems.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2018-10-30 11:34:10 UTC	Type:	Bug
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Description Jan Pokorný [poki] 2016-11-16 18:26:43 UTC

# yum install pcs; systemctl start pcsd; systemctl stop pcsd
> [...]

# rpm -q pcs
> pcs-0.9.152-10.el7.x86_64

# rpm -qlvv pcs | grep cookiesecret
> ----------    1 root    root                        0 Sep 20 11:25 /var/lib/pcsd/pcsd.cookiesecret

# rpm -Vvv pcs |& grep cookiesecre
> [nothing]

# chgrp haclient /var/lib/pcsd/pcsd.cookiesecret

# rpm -Vvv pcs |& grep cookiesecre
> [nothing]


One would expect that all metadata except for checksum+size are tracked
and checked usual.  Desired state is that the last command will indicate
the group ownership of the file differs from a predestined one.


# rpm -q rpm
> rpm-4.11.3-21.el7.x86_64

Comment 1 Panu Matilainen 2016-11-17 07:44:35 UTC

Confirmed, this broken upstream too, probably been that way for ages/ever.

Comment 2 Panu Matilainen 2016-11-17 09:32:11 UTC

Fixed upstream: https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/commit/bb27f9fffa8e557b931314523473ed782b86cc97

Comment 4 Jan Pokorný [poki] 2016-11-18 09:40:23 UTC

Thanks; it's important to get there, regardless time-to-notice :-)

Comment 5 Panu Matilainen 2018-01-12 11:41:47 UTC

Lest it be forgotten, if/when the patch from comment #2 is applied, this is needs to go with it to avoid other regressions: https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/commit/7013a82d575309be8b7a382fcb5aa57a9f4e4635

Comment 6 Panu Matilainen 2018-04-06 08:42:04 UTC

Another fix this will need is the POPT_BIT_CLR -> POPT_BIT_SET change from https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/commit/efd696d32d343b82832dd9e4aee992bff8e64ad0 - and why not documentation as well.

Comment 8 Pavlina Moravcova Varekova 2018-06-20 08:52:46 UTC

*** Bug 1568628 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2018-10-30 11:34:10 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:3250