weird problem with chkrootkit and checksums

[Peter Pentchev]

On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 09:57:22AM +0200, patpro wrote:
> > % file /bin/ls
> > /bin/ls: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (FreeBSD), for
> > FreeBSD 4.8, statically linked, stripped
> > % file /usr/obj/usr/src/bin/ls/ls
> > /usr/obj/usr/src/bin/ls/ls: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1
> > (FreeBSD), for FreeBSD 4.8, statically linked, not stripped
> 
> 
> ok thanx, so the "make installworld" does not only copy binaries to their
> destination ?

'make installworld' uses the install(1) program to copy files cleanly
(including overwriting files in use, copying files across filesystems,
preserving or modifying ownership and permissions as necessary).
For programs, 'make installworld' uses the -s flag to install(1) to
strip the debugging information, unless you have not explicitly told
it not to by setting the STRIP variable to an empty value:

# make STRIP='' installworld

..or a bit simpler although error-prone if you're not used to it:

# make STRIP= installworld

(note the space after 'STRIP=')

Thus, yes, 'make installworld' may modify executable files during
the installation.

G'luck,
Peter

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