I ran rpm -Va and received almost a thousand bad entries on a clean install of 5.1 after doing some 'rpm -e' ... S.5..... /usr/sbin/ypserv_test S.5..... /usr/sbin/ypset S.5..... /usr/sbin/yptest S.5..... /sbin/rngd S.5..... /usr/bin/rngtest S.5..... /lib/security/pam_ccreds.so S.5..... /usr/sbin/cc_dump S.5..... /usr/sbin/cc_test S.5..... /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0.10.0 S.5..... /bin/dbus-cleanup-sockets ... Removing a package and reinstalling it fixes it. [root at host165 packages]# rpm -V perl S.5..... /usr/bin/a2p S.5..... /usr/bin/perl S.5..... /usr/bin/perl5.8.8 S.5..... /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/CORE/libperl.so [root at host165 packages]# rpm -Uvh perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2.i386.rpm Preparing... ########################################### [100%] package perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2 is already installed [root at host165 packages]# rpm -Uvh --force perl-5.8.8-10.el5_0.2.i386.rpm Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:perl ########################################### [100%] [root at host165 packages]# rpm -V perl [root at host165 packages]# Hmmm? -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - - - Jason Pyeron PD Inc. http://www.pdinc.us - - Principal Consultant 10 West 24th Street #100 - - +1 (443) 269-1555 x333 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 - - - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, purge the message from your system and notify the sender immediately. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited.