[rhelv6-list] yum reinstall permissions bug?

[dsavage at peaknet.net]

I recently found myself needing to use yum to reinstall all the packages
on my RHEL6.1 server to correct their ownerships inadvertently changed by
a rogue script. Afterwards I noticed that there were still several dozen
packages with the wrong permissions (Modes, according to 'rpm -V'). These
same packages had just been reinstalled by yum.

If yum's reinstall does not restore permissions to their original values,
is that a bug? Or is there another preferred way to do that?

--Doc Savage
  Fairview Heights, IL