an rpm question

[Erik Hemdal]

>hi...
>
>i did an install/update of an rpm (openssl). it successfully placed the
>files/.so in the /usr/lib dir. i then did an rpm install/upgrade of another
>package that required the openssl libs.. the install process dies because it
>says it needs the openssl libs even though i can phisically see/verify that
>they're in the /usr/lib dir...
>
>any ideas as to what might be causing this issue and how i can correct it...
>  
>
Your RPM database is corrupted (is this the rm -rf system from earlier 
posts?). I've had situations where this kind of thing has happened. You 
probably have multiple RPM entries for your prereq file and you need to 
clean the bad ones out.

Erik