On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Alan Bartlett ajb.stxsl@googlemail.com wrote:
I had previously looked at /etc/issue, which says "release 5 (Final)"..
As I'm sure you're aware from Johnny Hughes recent posting to this list, the contents of /etc/issue will stay that way for the entire life of CentOS 5.
# rpm -q centos-release centos-release-5-0.0.el5.centos.2 centos-release-5-1.0.el5.centos.1
hmm, that doesn't look right to me..?
Nor me! I would be tempted to attempt to remove centos-release-5-1.0.el5.centos.1 (rpm -e --test centos-release-5-1.0.el5.centos.1; rpm -e centos-release-5.1.0.el5.centos.1 if the test command was o.k.), then try a yum update.
rpm -e --justdb may be a good way to remove the newer version (only in the database) and do a yum update.
It does look as if your rpm dbase is a bit scrambled. Perhaps a rm /var/lib/rpm/__db.??? would be an idea.
Well, if it is suspected that there are more duplicates in the rpm database, you might want to follow the procedure detailed in this forum post:
http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?viewmode=flat&topic_id...
Akemi
Alan.