Bug 280507

Summary:	file /var/log/ntp is not owned by any package
Product:	[openSUSE] openSUSE 10.3	Reporter:	Lars Vogdt <lars.vogdt>
Component:	Network	Assignee:	Michael Skibbe <mskibbe>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity:	Minor
Priority:	P5 - None
Version:	Alpha 4plus
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	openSUSE 10.3
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Found By:	Development	Services Priority:
Business Priority:		Blocker:	---
Marketing QA Status:	---	IT Deployment:	---
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	280493

Description Lars Vogdt 2007-06-04 13:12:17 UTC

The logfile should be owned by the package xntp as the scripts of this package
create it.

Using something like
%ghost %config(noreplace) /var/log/ntp
in the %files list should aviod verify-errors from RPM or security scanners.

Comment 1 Michael Skibbe 2007-06-05 07:17:39 UTC

mbuild report an error if I insert this line:
/work/built/mbuild/boris-mskibbe-1/ppc/Logfile.xntp.spec

[...]
Requires(rpmlib): rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1 rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1
Obsoletes: xntpdoc
Checking for unpackaged file(s): /usr/lib/rpm/check-files /var/tmp/xntp-4.2.4-build


RPM build errors:
    File not found: /var/tmp/xntp-4.2.4-build/var/log/ntp
[...]


an idea how to avoid this error?

I see an entry in the changlog. looks like the ghost option is bad.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Tue Sep  9 18:09:20 CEST 2003 - pthomas@suse.de

- Don't include files possibly created at runtime, not even as ghost.

Comment 2 Lars Vogdt 2007-06-05 08:05:08 UTC

See Bug #280493 Comment #0 - you have to touch the file in %install bevore you can use it in %files.

...and yes: sometimes even S.u.S.E. packagers are wrong ;-)

Comment 3 Michael Skibbe 2007-06-05 08:08:12 UTC

:-)

ok - i thought ghost do some magic and i do not need to touch the file.

Comment 4 Michael Skibbe 2007-06-05 08:55:23 UTC

package checked into stable