Verifying rpms as root compared to user - missing files

[Phil Knirsch]

Jim Cornette wrote:
> After reinstalling a lot of packages that failed verification for 
> missing elements due to the earlier problem, the below rpms still show 
> missing (just two entries as root, many more as user, not visible to user)
> 
> missing     /usr/lib/mozilla-1.7.12/chrome/overlayinfo/global/content
> missing     /var/cache/foomatic
> 
> How would one get these two missing files installed? I tried several 
> options to rpm on the yum downloaded rpms. --replacefiles -replacepkgs, 
> totally removing and reinstalling the rpms. Removing the rpms, cheaning 
> the directories where the files live, but no luck.
> 
> Rpm verification as user sent me on a wild goose chase. (firestarter, 
> chrooted stuff and the like.)
> 
> Jim
> 

Funny enough, i stumbled across exactly those verify "errors" yesterday.

The problem lies in the postscripts that are run from those packages. 
Mozilla runs /usr/lib/mozilla-1.7.8/mozilla-rebuild-databases.pl which 
basically removes everything in 
/usr/lib/mozilla-1.7.12/chrome/overlayinfo/ and recreates it from 
scratch. Foomatic has this as the first few lines of it's postinstall 
script:

if [ -d /var/cache/foomatic ] ; then
    /bin/rm -rf /var/cache/foomatic
fi

So, no wonder /var/cache/foomatic is missing after an install/updateb ;)

For mozilla, i'm nor sure what can/should be done. For foomatic otoh it 
would be much better to remove the contents of /var/cache/foomatic only, 
not the complete directory.

Read ya, Phil

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