[CentOS] Update issue - tar package problem?
Leonard den Ottolander
leonard at den.ottolander.nl
Mon Jun 11 14:43:28 UTC 2012
Hello Tom,
On Mon, 2012-06-11 at 14:23 +0100, Tom Brown wrote:
> from memory i have not deliberately removed the i386 package, but you
> are right it is not there, however rpm does seem to know about
> /bin/tar
>
> # rpm -ql tar
> /bin/gtar
> /bin/tar
> <snip>
>
> although i agree its something rpm db related as reinstalling tar via
> rpm rather than yum solves the problem, however i dont see how this
> situation has arisen.
rm /bin/tar will remove the binary but not update the rpmdb.
rpm -V {package}
to verify the package installation.
Regards,
Leonard.
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