Bug 1395818 – rpm does not verify %ghost files

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Bug 1395818 - rpm does not verify %ghost files

Summary:	rpm does not verify %ghost files

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	rpm (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.4
Hardware:	Unspecified Unspecified

Priority	unspecified Severity unspecified
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	packaging-team-maint
QA Contact:	Jan Blazek
Docs Contact:	Marie Dolezelova

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Duplicates:	1568628 (view as bug list)
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Reported:	2016-11-16 13:26 EST by Jan Pokorný
Modified:	2018-10-30 07:34 EDT (History)
CC List:	5 users (show)

See Also:	1584313
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.
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Last Closed:	2018-10-30 07:34:10 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHEA-2018:3250	None	None	None	2018-10-30 07:34 EDT

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Description Jan Pokorný 2016-11-16 13:26:43 EST

# 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 02:44:35 EST

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

Comment 2 Panu Matilainen 2016-11-17 04:32:11 EST

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

Comment 4 Jan Pokorný 2016-11-18 04:40:23 EST

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

Comment 5 Panu Matilainen 2018-01-12 06:41:47 EST

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 04:42:04 EDT

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 04:52:46 EDT

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

Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2018-10-30 07:34:10 EDT

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

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