Bug 2916

Summary:	Cannot verify installed package against package.rpm
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Jan Carlson <janc>
Component:	rpm	Assignee:	Jay Turner <jturner>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	6.0	CC:	janc, srevivo
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Last Closed:	1999-05-18 22:14:43 UTC	Type:	---
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Description Jan Carlson 1999-05-18 20:13:47 UTC

rpm -Vp something.rpm says
"package something.rpm is not installed"
even for packages I just now installed.

Others have seen this same error.

This bug relates to security.  I cannot verify
whether 'ls' is cracked, or honest:

If I suspect my system was compromised,
rpm -V packagename can give false results
if the rpm database is also compromised, so
I really do want rpm -Vp to work, in cases
of suspected rootkit, etc.

Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 1999-05-18 22:14:59 UTC

This has been fixed in rpm-3.0.1. Grab a copy from Raw Hide,
checkout the CVS server, or wait for the pending errata.