Ray Van Dolson wrote: > Hi all, hope this is on-topic for the list. > > I'm getting md5 sum mismatch errors on a few RPM's I've retrieved from > the icann.org mirror for CentOS 5.1. Specifically the following RPM's: > > glibc-2.5.18.el5_1.1.x86_64.rpm > glibc-common-2.5-18.el5_1.1.x86_64.rpm > samba-3.0.25b-1.el5_1.2.x86_64.rpm > > Note that the above files were copied from ICANN's rsync mirror. The > glibc RPM has the following md5sum: > > e3614bd667f56beb93c329aec4abd3cc glibc-2.5-18.el5_1.1.x86_64.rpm > > It gives the following error when I try to isntall it: > > # rpm -Uvh glibc-2.5-18.el5_1.1.x86_64.rpm --force > warning: glibc-2.5-18.el5_1.1.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID e8562897 > Preparing... ########################################### [100%] > 1:glibc ########################################### [100%] > error: unpacking of archive failed on file /lib64/libnss_files-2.5.so;475995a5: cpio: MD5 sum mismatch > > However, if I download the file from ICANN's http mirror directly: > > 19475c95f319da26d84e8bf9e63c9041 glibc-2.5-18.el5_1.1.x86_64.rpm > > It installs fine with no complaints. > > Both files have identical file sizes at 4891593. Is this likely a > side-effect of an rsync error on my end? I did install the "bad" RPM > above with --nomd5 and it began causing segmentation faults until I > reverted to the "good" one. > > I will remove the files in question and re-rsync, but as this has > happened several times before I'm wondering if it's a common thing. > can you still reproduce the issue ? if so, can you physcially md5sum the 2 rpm's you get and let me know what those are ? Also, in most cases, you will get better answers on the main centos list at http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219 at icq