>>>>>>> Hmm, Geode doesn't fit the NSS-case as it's not multilib. Please post >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> exact errors you're seeing and the command that produced it. Also, >>>>>>> does >>>>>>> rpm >>>>>>> itself work (ie is it just yum that's busted) and if not, what errors >>>>>>> you >>>>>>> get from that? >>>>>> >>>>>> Its just plain rpm. An example doing a simple package query gives me >>>>>> the following >>>>>> >>>>>> [root@cypher ~]# rpm -q glibc >>>>>> error: Unterminated {: {_%{_keyringpath}/*.k >>>>>> 0< / >>>>>> error: /: reading of public key failed. >>>>>> error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - No such file or >>>>>> directory >>>>>> (2) >>>>>> error: Unterminated {: {_%{_dbpat??? >>>>>> 0< / >>>>>> error: cannot open Packages database in / >>>>>> package glibc is not installed >>>>>> [root@cypher ~]# >>>>>> >>>>>> Let me know if you want me to do further testing. >>>>> >>>>> Smells strongly of memory corruption... Can you run the same with >>>>> valgrind? >>>>> >>>>> # valgrind --leak-check=yes rpm -q glibc >>>> >>>> Hmm. don't have valgrind installed and rpm is screwed so I can't..... >>>> suggestions? >>> >>> rpm2cpio should work even if rpm is otherwise screwed (and if even that >>> fails, there's a script version in /usr/lib/rpm/rpm2cpio.sh). Also just a >>> strace might provide some clues, if you have that installed. >> >> Any idea what provides the memcheck tool? >> >> [root@cypher bin]# ./valgrind --leak-check=yes rpm -q glibc >> valgrind: failed to start tool 'memcheck' for platform 'x86-linux': No >> such file or directory >> [root@cypher bin]# > > valgrind expects to find the bits and pieces in certain places - you'll need > to do the rpm2cpio unpacking from / to get the paths right. Output can be found here. Let me know if you want any other things run. http://pbrobinson.fedorapeople.org/rpm-valgrind.txt Cheers, Peter -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list