Bug 4282

Summary:	RPM says "free list corrupt"
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	John <jsk29>
Component:	rpm	Assignee:	David Lawrence <dkl>
Status:	CLOSED WORKSFORME	QA Contact:
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Priority:	high
Version:	5.2
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Hardware:	i386
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Last Closed:	1999-07-31 23:24:49 UTC	Type:	---
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Description John 1999-07-31 03:34:58 UTC

Hi, I just tried to install an RPM, and received the
following message:

$ rpm -ivh
/usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/gnome-libs-devel-1.0.12-1.i386.rpm
--nodeps
gnome-libs-devel
##################################################
free list corrupt (6200584)- contact support


I'm using a Redhat 5.2 box, with quite a few upgrade RPMs.
I'm running Gnome rpms built from the official tarballs.
The box is a P200mmx, running kernel version 2.2.4.

What does the message mean?

Thanks,
John Karcz

Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 1999-07-31 23:24:59 UTC

Try
	rpm --rebuildb
and then repeat the command. Usually this message comes from trying
to install two versions of a package in the same cmd line.