Issue

/etc/rc.d/init.d/functions appears to be listed as a configuration file by the rpm verify command. This symptom found on RHEL-5 and seems to be fixed on RHEL-6.

a. Clean install of RHEL 6.2 (Workstation in my case)
b. Edit /etc/inittab, /etc/sysconfig/init, /etc/sysctl.conf
c. Verify initscripts RPM

[root@devnull ~]# rpm -qV initscripts
..5....T.  c /etc/inittab
S.5....T.  c /etc/sysconfig/init
S.5....T.  c /etc/sysctl.conf
[root@devnull ~]#

d. Edit /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions (edit one of the comment lines at the top)
e. Verify initscripts RPM again

[root@devnull ~]# rpm -qV initscripts
..5....T.  c /etc/inittab
SM5....T.    /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
S.5....T.  c /etc/sysconfig/init
S.5....T.  c /etc/sysctl.conf
[root@devnull ~]#