Should these be the same

From FirebirdSS-1.5.2.4731-0.i686.tar downloaded Jan 7th

[root@ueserv1 opt]# ls -l firebird/bin/fb* # from tar
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2185 Dec 12 10:23 firebird/bin/fb_config
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 8868 Dec 12 10:24 firebird/bin/fbguard
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 124888 Dec 12 10:24 firebird/bin/fb_lock_print
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 81 Jan 7 14:17 firebird/bin/fbmgr
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 16156 Dec 12 10:24 firebird/bin/fbmgr.bin
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2208072 Dec 12 10:24 firebird/bin/fbserver

> Well, Nick, I don't think you've beaten it yet.
>
> Here's the output of ls -l on the bin directory of my fresh install of the Firebird 1.5.2 SS rpm on Mdk 9.1:
>
> total 4356
> -r-x------ 1 root root 4582 Dec 12 21:23 changeDBAPassword.sh*
> -r-x------ 1 root root 3799 Dec 12 21:23 createAliasDB.sh*
> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2185 Dec 12 21:23 fb_config*
> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 8280 Dec 12 21:24 fbguard*
> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 122868 Dec 12 21:24 fb_lock_print*
> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 81 Jan 12 20:19 fbmgr*
> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 15672 Dec 12 21:24 fbmgr.bin*
> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2191568 Dec 12 21:24 fbserver*
> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 324236 Dec 12 21:24 gbak*
> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 363820 Dec 12 21:24 gdef*
> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 52460 Dec 12 21:24 gfix*
> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 412396 Dec 12 21:24 gpre*
> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 31948 Dec 12 21:24 gsec*
> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 129996 Dec 12 21:24 gstat*
> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 270348 Dec 12 21:24 isql*
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 12 20:21 listing.txt
> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 444620 Dec 12 21:24 qli*
> -r-x------ 1 root root 4553 Dec 12 21:23 SSchangeRunUser.sh*
> -r-x------ 1 root root 1422 Dec 12 21:23 SSrestoreRootRunUser.sh*

> I think your rpm database is still euchred. :-(

I know, but if i just ignore that and install from the tar I thought it should all work ok

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