Bug#1109692: libreoffice-common: suspicious files found by chkrootkit

[Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>]

severity 1109692 minor

retitle 1109692 libreoffice-common: chkrootkit complains about /usr/lib/libreoffice/share/.registry

thanks


Hi,

Am 22.07.25 um 07:37 schrieb Martin-Éric Racine
> WARNING: The following suspicious files and directories were found:
> /usr/lib/libreoffice/share/.registry [From Debian package: libreoffice-common]

Then don't run it. Or use it with a grain of salt.


That one is the "source" of which the real main.xcd in registry is created for by ucf. See libreoffice-commons maintainer scripts:

# Automatically added by dh_ucf/13.24.2
if [ "$1" = "configure" ] || [ "$1" = "abort-upgrade" ]; then
        ucf --three-way "/usr/lib/libreoffice/share/.registry/main.xcd" "/etc/libreoffice/registry/main.xcd"
        ucfr --force libreoffice-common "/etc/libreoffice/registry/main.xcd"
fi

> i.e. dot-files are suspicious.

It's hidden because it's supposed to be hidden because it's not supposed to be touched by users. (and registry/ is taken anyway.) I could have choosen registry-original but that would be too visible, IMHO.


Regards,


Rene