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diff --git a/tags/b/bin-sbin-mismatch.tag b/tags/b/bin-sbin-mismatch.tag new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2dc0ea3 --- /dev/null +++ b/tags/b/bin-sbin-mismatch.tag @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +Tag: bin-sbin-mismatch +Severity: info +Check: files/contents +Experimental: yes +Explanation: The package installs a binary under <code>/usr/sbin</code> or + <code>/sbin</code> but the specified file or maintainer script appears to + incorrectly reference it under <code>/usr/bin</code> or <code>/bin</code>. + . + This is likely due to the maintainer identifying that the package + requires root privileges or similar and thus installing the files to + the <code>sbin</code> variant, but the package has not been comprehensively + or completely updated to match. + . + For ELF files, false positives could be related to the <code>SHF_MERGE</code> + option to <code>ld</code>. The option saves space by providing different + start indices into the same static location in object files. + Unfortunately, the sub-string information is lost in that process. |