Help with file: checksum=md5

[Michael Coffman]

Okay,  Thanks to the help of Patrice Guerlais and Mark Burgess.  I was
able to get cfengine compiled with BerkelyDB.  Now I have the following 
problem.  Here is the relavant portion of the config file I am using on the
client:

copy:
  $(remotefiles)/motd
  dest=/etc/motd
  mode=0444
  server=colonel
  define=cp_motd

files:                    # i have to use the action=touch to get cp_motd
  $(localfiles)/motd      # defined
  checksum=md5
  action=touch
  define=cp_motd

shellcommands:
  cp_motd::
    "/usr/bin/echo hello > /tmp/cfengine.out"


The copy does what I would expect updating the file if it is different than
the servers copy.  The files section sets the define if the checksum is
different, and the shellcommand executes.

The md5 entry in the cached database of file checksums does not update as
the documentation seems to indicate that it should.  Each time I run 
cfengine, I get the error:

 >---------------------------------------------------------------------
 >Checking files
 >---------------------------------------------------------------------

 >Checking file(s) in /var/opt/sa/config/local-files/motd
 >cfengine:joker: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 >cfengine:joker: SECURITY ALERT: Checksum for
 >/var/opt/sa/config/local-files/motd changed!
 >cfengine:joker: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 >Saving the setuid log in /var/run/cfengine/cfengine.joker.log

According to the docs, 

     "Security warning messages are issued only once and the value in
     the database is then changed to the
         new value of the file automatically"


Thanks for any help.

-MichaelC
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