Strange alterations to vim and related packages on KVM host
On Wed, Jul 04, 2012 at 07:53:09AM -0700, John Doe wrote:
> From: James B. Byrne <byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca>
>
> > Yesterday git status reported that the following files had changed
> > since the previous commit:
> > #* * * modified:* ../usr/bin/gdb
> > #* * * modified:* ../usr/bin/gvim
> > #* * * modified:* ../usr/bin/vim
> >
> > #* * * modified:* ../etc/virsh.run
> > #* * * modified:* .Xauthority
> > #* * * modified:* .bash_history
> > #* * * modified:* ../selinux/policy
> > #* * * modified:* ../usr/bin/gdb
> > #* * * modified:* ../usr/bin/gvim
> > #* * * modified:* ../usr/bin/vim
> > #
> > When I check the differences git simply reports that the binary files
> > are difference but, after I reinstalled them all yesterday I noted
> > that the file modification times of the replaced files and their
> > respective reinstalled files were the same but their file sizes were
> > not.
>
> Did you rpm verify?
> # rpm -qV vim-enhanced
> # rpm -qV gdb
> Did you diff the text files?
> Did you "binary diff" the binaries?
> How many bytes difference? constant number?
>
> JD
prelink???
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