What to do when rpm verification fails

[Andras Simon]

On 7/10/06, Robin Laing <Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca> wrote:
> 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 is out of date for many packages), that's why I used --force (it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.

I did a complete reinstall instead. Which did help, until I did a yum update :-(

Andras


Andras