FC12: Hidden files in /usr/bin/*

[Denis Leroy]

On 01/22/2010 01:53 PM, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> On 01/22/2010 01:22 PM, Tomas Mraz wrote:
>> On Fri, 2010-01-22 at 12:41 +0100, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On FC12 I found this:
>>>
>>> # ls /usr/bin/.*.hmac
>>> /usr/bin/.fipscheck.hmac
>>> /usr/bin/.ssh.hmac
>>>
>>> # rpm -qf /usr/bin/.*.hmac
>>> fipscheck-1.2.0-4.fc12.x86_64
>>> openssh-clients-5.2p1-31.fc12.x86_64
>>>
>>> Could somebody provide some insight what these files are (I guess some
>>> checksums) and why they are being installed to /usr/bin?
>>
>> These are checksums required by FIPS-140-2 integrity verification checks
>> of the fipscheck and ssh binaries.
>
> I.e. package data.
>
> =>  These packages are non-FHS compliant and qualify as broken.

I think what Ralf means is

  - these files should be put somewhere else, and
  - these files should not be hidden files

to which I agree 100%. So the question is: how much work is required ?

Speaking on funny things in /usr/bin

what about '/usr/bin/[', part of cureutils... had never noticed this one 
before.

-denis