Re: Yum and RPM with FC2

[Alex White <prata kuei-jin org>]

akonstam trinity edu wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 10:13:17AM -0500, Alex White wrote:
>
> > Timothy Murphy wrote:
> >
> > > Tim and Alison wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > I have had to rebuild my FC2 box and tried to use YUM to update the
> > > > packages.
> > > > It has downloaded all the new RPM files but I am getting the following
> > > > error when it tries to install the packages
> > > >
> > > > error: rpmdbNextIterator: skipping h#     286 Header V3 DSA signature:
> > > > BAD, key ID 4f2a6fd2
> > >
> > >
> > > I've no idea how to solve your problem,
> > > but it reminds me how bad the error messages in yum are -
> > > if it works (as it does 90% of the time) it is a marvellous resource.
> > > But if it fails, you can be sure the error message will be unintelligible.
> >
> > The error above is not a problem with yum. It's a problem with rpm 
> > having a corrupt database. Try this and see if it works for you.
> >
> > cd /var/lib/rpm
> > rm __db*
> >
> > run yum again and see if it complains.
> >
> > Alex White
>
> I would rebuild the database first: rpm --rebuilddb

Err..yeah, that would probably be a good idea. It does pay to like 
you know, actually give helpful advice on my part eh?

^_^

Thanks