Re: RPM upgrade problem

["Matthew R. MacIntyre" <matt matty dyndns org>]

Hi, 

Jeff Johnson wrote:
 
Jeff> Yup, rpm segfaults when it gets bad data from the database. The 
Jeff> more interesting question is how the data got there, if you've 
Jeff> used Ximian, that's your answer. 
 
Well, I have in the past, but that stuff has been gone for awhile. 
But that just might be the answer! 
 
Jeff> Meanwhile, most of the segfaults are fixed in rpm-4.0.3-0.57 
Jeff> from 
Jeff>   ftp://ftp.rpm.org/pub/rpm/test-4.0.3 
Jeff> Installing that, and doing --rebuilddb, detects and removes bad 
Jeff> headers. 
 
All righty.  I gave that a try, but it won't install, because an rpm 
-Uvh of the packages segfaults, with the same symptoms described in 
the first message.  Is there a way to get around this to get the newer
version of rpm installed? 
 
-matt