Here's a copy of attempting to install bzip2-1.0.0-1 RPM for i386: (I've confirmed that bzip2-devel has the same problem) rpm --install --force -vv bzip2-1.0.0-1.i386.rpm D: counting packages to install D: found 1 packages D: looking for packages to download D: retrieved 0 packages D: New Header signature D: Signature size: 68 D: Signature pad : 4 D: sigsize : 72 D: Header + Archive: 62591 D: expected size : 62591 D: opening database mode 0x42 in //var/lib/rpm/ D: found 0 source and 1 binary packages D: dependencies: looking for /sbin/ldconfig D: dependencies: looking for ld-linux.so.2 D: dependencies: looking for libbz2.so.1 D: dependencies: looking for libc.so.6 D: dependencies: looking for /bin/sh D: dependencies: looking for libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) D: dependencies: looking for libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1) D: installing binary packages D: New Header signature D: Signature size: 68 D: Signature pad : 4 D: sigsize : 72 D: Header + Archive: 62591 D: expected size : 62591 D: package: bzip2-1.0.0-1 files test = 0 D: running preinstall script (if any) D: removing name index D: removing group index D: removing provides index for libbz2.so.1 D: removing provides index for bzip2 D: removing requiredby index for /sbin/ldconfig D: removing requiredby index for ld-linux.so.2 D: removing requiredby index for libbz2.so.1 D: removing requiredby index for libc.so.6 D: removing requiredby index for /bin/sh D: removing requiredby index for libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) D: removing requiredby index for libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1) D: package has no files D: running postinstall script (if any)
Your edition of rpm can't handle the package. Try the one from rawhide, or wait for the next one.