On Tuesday 18 April 2006 14:24, Paul Howarth wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Monday 17 April 2006 12:36, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> On Monday 17 April 2006 06:34, Anne Wilson wrote: > >>> These files appear in the 'Suspicious files' section: > >>> > >>> /usr/lib/qt-3.3/etc/settings/.qtpartedrc.lock > >>> /usr/lib/qt-3.3/etc/settings/.qtrc.lock > >>> /usr/lib/qt-3.3/etc/settings/.qt_plugins_3.3rc.lock > >>> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/DCOP/.pac > >>> klist /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.6/i386-linux-thread-multi/.packlist > >>> > >>> They have been there for some days, and I suspect they may have been > >>> left behind from a crash. Should I try to get rid of them, or just > >>> ignore them? I wouldn't have thought they could be doing anything > >>> harmful. > >> > >> I have some like that Anne, been there for years. I've ignored them. > > The .packlist files come from manually-installed (i.e. not from RPMs) > perl modules. If the file *does* come from an RPM, I'd suggest > bugzilla-ing the RPM in question as the .packlist file isn't needed and > shouldn't be packaged. > Looks to me as though they came from Extras. Is it worth bugzilla-ing, though, I wonder? They do no harm, and there are more important things for the maintainers to consider. Anne
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