Re: RPM upgrade problem

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

Hi,

Jeff> Not quite yet. Use rpm2cpio to install directly onto the file
Jeff> system.  Check the directory perms below /var/tmp/xxx, cpio
Jeff> tends to unpack with 700
Jeff> 	cd /var/tmp/xxx find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;

Jeff> and then install the whole tree (check first if you're paranoid)
Jeff> 	cd /var/tmp/xxx tar cf - ./usr ./bin ./etc | (cd /; tar xvf -)

Ok, all that worked fine.

Jeff> Now try
Jeff> 	rpm --rebuilddb
Jeff> to fix your database (if this segfaults, it's bugzilla time).

That worked fine too.

Jeff> Finally upgrade the rpm packages the usual way
Jeff> 	cd /var/tmp rpm -Uvh {rpm,popt}-*

This segfaulted. :-(

Any other ideas?  I'm starting to think that it might be reinstall
from scratch time....

-matt