Description of problem: pdksh doesnt recognize largfiles. update required new version of glibc libraries. did a rpm -Uhv --nodeps for the following pkgs... glibc-2.3.2-98 glibc-common-2.3.2-98 glibc-debug-2.3.2-98 glibc-utils-2.3.2-98 glibc-devel-2.3.2-98 glibc-kernheaders-2.4-8.24 glibc-headers-2.3.2-98 glibc-profile-2.3.2-98 rpm-devel-4.0.4-7x.20 rpm-python-4.0.4-7x.20 rpm-build-4.0.4-7x.20 rpm-4.0.4-7x.20 now things are broke. rpm database is unstable and seg faults. i've checkd out other bugzillas but have had no luck getting back to old glibc libraries. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. rpm -e anyrpm.rpm 2. rpm -i anyrpm.rpm 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
issue has been resolved by doing the following... scp glic-2.2.4-32.3.i686.rpm host:/usr/local/src/ scp rpm-4.0.4-7x.20.i386.rpm host:/usr/local/src/ rpm2cpio glic-2.2.4-32.3.i686.rpm | cpio -dim / rpm2cpio rpm-4.0.4-7x.20.i386.rpm | cpio -dim / this over-writes all the glibc links and rpm binaries. i know have a stable system.