On Tue, May 25, 1999 at 01:39:14PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > I still do not see why this has anything to do with the > packaging system. If all you want is to ensure that the files on your > system have not been modified since the time you installed them (and, > frankly, I think you really really should also look at things like > /etc/hosts.allow et al which are ven more critical), then you should > run a script locally that does that. > > Why forther bloat the packaging system?
Because that doesn't do anything for the new user who doesn't discover that he wants to do this until _after_ he thinks something is wrong. A redhat support list can say "do x to verify your system", which has a certain advantage over "do x to verify your system, assuming you did y when you installed everything." Mike Stone
