Odd results comparing installed files with rpm package information

[William Hooper]

Scot L. Harris said:
[snip]
> Ah!  Thanks for the explanation.  I had run the -V and it did not report
> any problems as you said.  But then I found the rpm command showing the 
> same difference in size and began to wonder about this.
> 
> Plus the fact that the RH8 systems I have apparently are not doing the
> prelink and they show the same size as I had expected.
> 
> Call me paranoid!  :)

IIRC prelink was first available on RHL 9, and first turned on by default on FC1.

It can also (for obvious reasons) cause issues for any IDS that tracks file changes.

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William Hooper