On Sun, Jul 02, 2006 at 10:46:24PM +0200, Dieter Baron wrote:
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>   We will also need to handle the case of files that are normally
> installed but can change.  Maybe a flag (nocheck?) that can be added
> to (1) and (3)?
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Solaris packages' prototype file calls this 'volatile file'.
See table 2-3 "The ftype field" in 
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-0406/6mg76stdm?a=view