New RPM verify errors in many, many packages

[Wong Kwok-hon]

On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 13:38:24 +0100, Axel Thimm <axel.thimm at atrpms.net> wrote:
> Sorry for top posting, the mail is too long ;)
> 
> It's rpms security context flag. C means that there is some conflict
> with the security contexts on disk and in the rpm database. Don't know
> what the question mark means, perhaps that there no file contexts at
> all?
> 
> I guess you turned on/off selinux w/o relabeling the filesystems?
> 
> On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 07:14:50PM -0800, Vladimir G. Ivanovic wrote:
> > I am getting errors from RPM verify that I don't recall seeing before.
> > For example (on a server):
> >
> >    $ rpm -V gcc
> >    ........?   /usr/bin/gcc
> >    ........?   /usr/bin/gcov
> >    ........?   /usr/bin/i386-redhat-linux-gcc
> >    ........?   /usr/bin/protoize
> >    ........?   /usr/bin/unprotoize
> >    ........?   /usr/libexec/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/3.4.2/collect2
> >
> > or (on a laptop)
> >
> >    ........C   /usr/bin/c89
> >    ........C   /usr/bin/c99
> >    ........C   /usr/bin/cc
> >    ........?   /usr/bin/gcc
> >    ........?   /usr/bin/gcov
> >    ........?   /usr/bin/i386-redhat-linux-gcc
> >    ........?   /usr/bin/protoize
> >    ........?   /usr/bin/unprotoize
> >    ........C   /usr/lib/gcc
> >    ........C   /usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux
> >    ........C   /usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/3.4.2
> >    [etc]
> >
> > The `?' means, according to the rpm(1) man page, that
> >
> >    while a single "?" (question mark) indicates the test could not be
> >    performed  (e.g.  file  permissions  prevent reading)
> >
> > and the 9th position refers to
> >
> >    T mTime differs
> >
> > Several things puzzle me:
> >
> > 1. I get this error even if I run `rpm -V' as root.
> >
> > 2. The mtimes do not differ:
> >
> >       $ rpm -qlv gcc | fgrep "/usr/bin/gcc"
> >       -rwxr-xr-x    2 root    root            93136 Oct 26 01:48 /usr/bin/gcc
> >       You have mail in /var/spool/mail/vladimir
> >       $ dir /usr/bin/gcc
> >       -rwxr-xr-x  2 root root 94800 Oct 26 01:48 /usr/bin/gcc*
> >
> >    but the sizes do, probably because of prelinking. (I couldn't undo
> >    the prelinking because I, as root, get a "Could not get security
> >    context..." error message. More fun.)
> >
> >    Of course, gcc works just fine, even when run as non-root:
> >
> >       $ /usr/bin/gcc -v -o hello hello.c
> >       Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/3.4.2/specs
> >       Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --disable-checking --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-java-awt=gtk --host=i386-redhat-linux
> >       Thread model: posix
> >       gcc version 3.4.2 20041017 (Red Hat 3.4.2-6.fc3)
> >        /usr/libexec/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/3.4.2/cc1 -quiet -v hello.c -quiet -dumpbase hello.c -auxbase hello -version -o /tmp/ccQRdajM.s
> >       ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/3.4.2/../../../../i386-redhat-linux/include"
> >       #include "..." search starts here:
> >       #include <...> search starts here:
> >        /usr/local/include
> >        /usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/3.4.2/include
> >        /usr/include
> >       End of search list.
> >       GNU C version 3.4.2 20041017 (Red Hat 3.4.2-6.fc3) (i386-redhat-linux)
> >               compiled by GNU C version 3.4.2 20041017 (Red Hat 3.4.2-6.fc3).
> >       GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=100 --param ggc-min-heapsize=131072
> >        as -V -Qy -o /tmp/ccquoQtt.o /tmp/ccQRdajM.s
> >       GNU assembler version 2.15.92.0.2 (i386-redhat-linux) using BFD version 2.15.92.0.2 20040927
> >        /usr/libexec/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/3.4.2/collect2 --eh-frame-hdr -m elf_i386 -dynamic-linker /lib/ld-linux.so.2 -o hello /usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/3.4.2/../../../crt1.o /usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/3.4.2/../../../crti.o /usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/3.4.2/crtbegin.o -L/usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/3.4.2 -L/usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/3.4.2 -L/usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/3.4.2/../../.. /tmp/ccquoQtt.o -lgcc --as-needed -lgcc_s --no-as-needed -lc -lgcc --as-needed -lgcc_s --no-as-needed /usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/3.4.2/crtend.o /usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/3.4.2/../../../crtn.o
> >       $ ./hello
> >       Hello World
> >
> > 3. I don't know what the `C' in the laptop's output means. The manpage
> >    is silent.
> >
> > Both machines are running an updated Fedora Core 3 with the Red Hat
> > 2.6.9-1.678_FC3 kernel compiled with OProfile support and some extra
> > debugging support.
> >
> > Can anyone tell me what's going on?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> 
> --
> Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net

Have u installed the gpg of public of red hat ?