rpm -V - verifying packages

Tue Jan 20 06:46:22 UTC 2015

On Tue, 20 Jan 2015 05:20:39 +0100, bitlord wrote:

> I don't know how 'prelink' works, it was default on <f21 (excluded on
> f20-desktop live (gnome) too), if you have it installed
> # rpm -q prelink 
> you can try (check its man page first)
> # prelink -ua 
> then remove it. Maybe it can cause size changes in libraries-binaries.
>
> If you have it installed, you can find some info here why it is removed
> now.
> 
> https://securityblog.redhat.com/2013/11/06/october-what-have-we-been-doing-for-you/
>

Odd, though, that this would be the first time to affect rpm -V on those
installations. prelink has been known before to cause such issues.
https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/1183