> I guess I'll have to take your word for it as there is nothing in what
> you mention that verifies this statement. rpm -ql tar will not verify
> that any files are actually there, just that they got installed at some
> point.
>
> Did you verify /bin/tar was actually there before you did the yum
> localinstall? Perhaps a colleague playing a prank on you? Or an
> accidental removal while using mc without confirmation on delete
> enabled?
>
> Since both x86_64 packages *and* i386 packages seem to be
> missing /bin/tar I doubt this is a multi arch issue.
# yum update
Loaded plugins: downloadonly, fastestmirror, rhnplugin
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Setting up Update Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
<snip>
---> Package tar.x86_64 2:1.15.1-32.el5_8 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: /bin/tar for package: redhat-lsb
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
redhat-lsb-4.0-2.1.4.el5.x86_64 from installed has depsolving problems
--> Missing Dependency: /bin/tar is needed by package
redhat-lsb-4.0-2.1.4.el5.x86_64 (installed)
Error: Missing Dependency: /bin/tar is needed by package
redhat-lsb-4.0-2.1.4.el5.x86_64 (installed)
You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
You could try running: package-cleanup --problems
package-cleanup --dupes
rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
# rpm -ql tar | grep bin
/bin/gtar
/bin/tar
# ll /bin/tar
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 230464 Mar 31 2010 /bin/tar
# rpm -q tar
tar-1.15.1-30.el5
# rpm -ivh http://vault.centos.org/5.7/os/i386/CentOS/tar-1.15.1-30.el5.i386.rpm
Retrieving http://vault.centos.org/5.7/os/i386/CentOS/tar-1.15.1-30.el5.i386.rpm
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
1:tar ########################################### [100%]
# yum update
Loaded plugins: downloadonly, fastestmirror, rhnplugin
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Setting up Update Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
<big snip>
Transaction Summary
=================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================
Install 4 Package(s)
Upgrade 263 Package(s)
Remove 2 Package(s)
Reinstall 0 Package(s)
Downgrade 0 Package(s)
Total download size: 417 M
Is this ok [y/N]:
So tar really really is there but it only starts working when the i386
package is put onto the system, even though this is a x86_64 box
thanks
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