Description of Problem: /etc/ntp/step-tickers and /etc/ntp/drift files do not exist in ntp RPM package, but are listed in files list. How Reproducible: On i386, at least. Probably on alpha as well. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install ntp RPM package 2. rpm -V ntp 3. there is no step 3. ;-) Actual Results: [root@diamond i386]# rpm -V ntp missing /etc/ntp/drift missing /etc/ntp/step-tickers Expected Results: [root@diamond i386]# rpm -V ntp <blank> Additional Information: step-tickers is (much to my chagrin) an executable. Executables should *not* go anywhere under /etc per the rules of, uh... that document that defines where files should go in Linux... the LFS? Something like that. Anyway, it should go under /usr/sbin. the drift file is an empty file that, none-the-less, needs to exist for ntp to function correctly. You could put something that touches this in the %postinstall section of the rpm. Cheers, Dan
With the step-tickers, you are right. # rpm -i ntp-4.0.99j-7.i386.rpm # rpm -V ntp && echo OK missing /etc/ntp/step-tickers Soon there will be: # rpm -i ntp-4.0.99mrc2-1.i386.rpm # rpm -V ntp && echo OK OK