rpm timing out on file read

["Nesse, Neils" <neilsn desanasystems com>]

> I am doing a "rpm --checksig" on a package and I get the error "MD5 NOT
> OK". I know that rpm is not finished reading the file because it is being
> read through a FIFO and the writing end is getting a broken pipe. It seems
> that rpm is timing out on the FIFO inside "fread". I believe that this
> could happen for regular files as well if the system was running slow.
> This is a serious problem for me because I need to do automated upgrades
> and I allways do a --checksig before I upgrade.
> 
> 	-Neils