[Bug 197011] textproc/p5-XML-SAX: checksum mismatch for ParserDetails.ini

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--- Comment #12 from John Hein <z7dr6ut7gs at snkmail.com> ---
(In reply to Mathieu Arnold from comment #11)
The redhat package labels it a "ghost" file.  Look for the ghost directive
here:

http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm-snapshot/s1-rpm-inside-files-list-directives.html

Basically it means not to include the file in the package but remove it on
uninstall - intended for logs and other things that get generated by the
package during its installed lifetime.

Then they have a post install scriptlet to gen the file (using save_parsers()).
 And some logic to try to preserve an existing ParserDetails.ini file (cp to
.backup) which doesn't look quite right, but probably works in most typical
cases.

And a pre-uninstall scriptlet to undo that post-install stuff.

The bottom line is that the file shows up in the package listing, but is
ignored for package verification.  Tested on Fedora 23.

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