Check installed packages integrity? [Solved - script inside]

Question

Hi,
is it possible to check installed packages for integrity - i.e. missing/changed files, etc. I looked at pacman man, but found nothing ...
Last edited by drakosha (2007-06-18 17:53:24)

Answer 1

klixon wrote:I guess it uses a directory name for empty directories that are required, so the [ ! -d ] check is still valid...
Oh no, finally it's a little bug in pacman (src/pacman/package.c)
225 if(!stat(path, &buf) && S_ISDIR(buf.st_mode)) {
226 /* if we stat it and it is a dir, don't print */
227 } else {
228 fprintf(stdout, "%s %s\n", pkgname, path);
229 }
If a directory doesn't exist, or is only readable by root, it can't stat it and detect it's a directory, so it'll print it
As root, the only directory it prints is the one which doesn't exist, ie /tmp/ttf-ms-fonts/
because of the special status of the ttf-ms-fonts package.
And as user, it also prints /var/spool/cups/tmp/ , because it doesn't have the right to stat it I guess.
I'm glad i'm doing the opposite of what you're trying to do... That looks a bit more hairy.
lol indeed, that's why I gave up