On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 12:47:13 -0500
Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote:
> ls -l /usr/sbin/alternatives
> -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 0 2010-12-15 10:22 /usr/sbin/alternatives
^
This a typo, or it is really 0 length? Perhaps you should try a yum
reinstall?