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Re: [TCLUG:4458] freelist corrupt with gnome-1 rpms
Don't know why but I rebuild the rpm (rpm --rebuilddb) and it works now.
Thhanks!,
Ben
On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Peter Lukas wrote:
> What version of rpm are you running? Also, It might be a better idea to
> remove all packages that will be upgraded rather than to do rpm -Uvh *.
> Also, if you've built or installed any packages that weren't done via rpm,
> that can cause compatability problems. You can try rebuilding the rpm
> databases with the following commands:
>
> rpm --initdb
> rpm --rebuilddb
>
> Peter Lukas
>
> On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Ben Luey wrote:
>
> >
> > > That means that rpm is backing up the original configuration files it
> > > finds. You should follow the instructions on www.gnome.org to the "T"
> > > otherwise the upgrade will fail.
> >
> > The backup configuration isn't the problem (I'm upgrading from 99.3) but
> > the file list corrupt is. I redownloaded everything (from the save site,
> > maybe the site has the problem) and I'm Uvh'ing everything in the right
> > order much many packages give me this error, not just xscreensaver, imlib
> > for example, which is important. Any ideas?
> >
> > What does:
> >
> > free list corrupt (5656584)- contact support@redhat.com
> >
> > mean?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ben
> >
> > Ben Luey
> > lueyb@carleton.edu
> > ICQ: 19144397
> >
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Ben Luey
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