On Tuesday 18 April 2006 09:24, 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. > >Paul. Humm, I didn't know that till now, thanks. Are they required Paul?, or can they be nuked? -- Cheers, Gene People having trouble with vz bouncing email to me should add the word 'online' between the 'verizon', and the dot which bypasses vz's stupid bounce rules. I do use spamassassin too. :-) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
