test local rpm file in place for consistency, size, etc.

[T.C. Hollingsworth]

On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 8:46 PM, Skunk Worx <skunkworx at verizon.net> wrote:
> I have a set of .rpm files restored from backups.
>
> They have nothing to do with my current install except they are in the
> file system.
>
> Is there a command that will sweep these (several hundred) .rpm files
> and test their internal values against the file itself, in place, to
> check for any problems with size / consistency / corruption?

"rpm -K" will verify the hash and GPG signature (if one exists) for a
provided set of RPMs.

It will work fine on older RPMs but may fail on ones built with newer
versions of RPM than the one installed on the system.

-T.C.