What to do when rpm verification fails

Robin Laing Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca
Mon Jul 10 15:31:48 UTC 2006


Andras Simon wrote:
> On 7/7/06, Robin Laing <Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca> wrote:
> 
>>
>> Another option is to try is
>>    rpm -F --replacepkgs {package name}
>> This will re-install the rpm, even if it exists.  This should fix the
>> issue of file permissions and possibly changed/corrupted files.
> 
> 
> Some of these "installs" involved downgrading (because the install dvd
> is out of date for many packages), that's why I used --force (it
> implies --oldpackage). Anyway, this part went quite smoothly, except
> for stuff like
> 
> missing     /usr/share/system-config-securitylevel/checklist.pyc
> missing     /usr/share/system-config-securitylevel/firstboot_selinux.pyc
> missing     /usr/share/system-config-securitylevel/scs_checklist.pyc
> missing     /usr/share/system-config-securitylevel/securitylevel.pyc
> missing     /usr/share/system-config-securitylevel/selinuxPage.pyc
> missing     
> /usr/share/system-config-securitylevel/system-config-securitylevel.p
> yc
> missing     /usr/share/system-config-securitylevel/trustedchecklist.pyc
> 
> showing up in rpm -Va, which I suspect is a packaging bug and has
> nothing to do with my recent troubles. But I may be wrong about
> this...
> 
> Andras
> 
> 
>>
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> 

Download the the latest rpm and then use them.

-- 
Robin Laing




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