Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 10:54:28 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: A Joseph Koshy <koshy@india.hp.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Checking the integrity of system files Message-ID: <9558.872358868@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 23 Aug 1997 14:35:22 %2B0530." <199708230908.CAA05685@palrel1.hp.com>
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> Is there any way, barring parsing the output of `make install' to > or `make release' to determine the list of `current' files on a system? > > I'm looking at a registry of files maintaining sizes, permissions, checksums > of files, against which I can check a system. This is a problem which we're also trying to solve for distributions (or a newer package format which replaced the old "split tarball" distribution format) since you need the same information for upgrades. My impression would be that we'd hack the install rules to also "register" things installed through /usr/src. Jordan
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