During an openSUSE server migration I had the idea to audit all changed files on the old server. (I also managed new files, but with another strategy.) My idea was to list all changed RPM files. # rpm -Va | tee changed-rpm-files.txt The problem is, that I missed some actual changed files from /etc in changed-rpm-files.txt output like /etc/hosts and /etc/aliases. After some investigation I found that these files are listed with special verification options in RPM SPEC files: /usr/src/packages/SPECS/netcfg.spec (from netcfg-11.5-24.5.1.noarch, openSUSE 13.2): %verify(not md5 size mtime) %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/aliases [...] %verify(not md5 size mtime) %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/hosts I guess, that some config files get this options, because they are changed too often during normal system configuration tasks and especially during automated tasks. My questions: - Is there a way to query these files (files with options "%verify(not md5 size mtime)") in a running system? - Is there a way to query changed of these files regardless of this option? - Do you think, that managing some config files with the "%verify(not md5 size mtime)" options is generally a good idea or should this change in coming openSUSE versions (bug report)? Greetings, Björn -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+owner@opensuse.org