RPM segfaults and dies on upgrading a number of packages, even immediately after 'rpm --rebuilddb'. For example, on upgrading wmconfig from wmconfig-0.6-1 to... Name : wmconfig Distribution: OpenLinux 1.2 Version : 1.0 Vendor: Caldera, Inc. Release : 2 Build Date: Wed Jan 7 11:32:18 1998 Install date: (not installed) Build Host: buildmeister.caldera.com Group : System/Desktop Source RPM: wmconfig-1.0-2.src.rpm Size : 248976 License: GPL DDD 3.0 (i586-pc-linux-gnulibc1), by Dorothea L|tkehaus and Andreas Zeller. Copyright ) 1998 Technische Universitdt Braunschweig, Germany. (gdb) run -Uhv /inst/redhat/extras/wmconfig-1.0-2.i386.rpm Starting program: /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/rpm-2.5.5/./rpm -Uhv /inst/redhat/extras/wmconfig-1.0-2.i386.rpm warning: /etc/X11/wmconfig/AfterStep.M4 saved as /etc/X11/wmconfig/AfterStep.M4.rpmorig warning: /etc/X11/wmconfig/Common.M4 saved as /etc/X11/wmconfig/Common.M4.rpmorig warning: /etc/X11/wmconfig/Fvwm1.M4 saved as /etc/X11/wmconfig/Fvwm1.M4.rpmorig warning: /etc/X11/wmconfig/WmConfig saved as /etc/X11/wmconfig/WmConfig.rpmorig warning: /etc/X11/wmconfig/desk saved as /etc/X11/wmconfig/desk.rpmorig warning: /etc/X11/wmconfig/rc saved as /etc/X11/wmconfig/rc.rpmorig warning: /etc/X11/wmconfig/rc.bindings saved as /etc/X11/wmconfig/rc.bindings.rpmorig warning: /etc/X11/wmconfig/rc.config saved as /etc/X11/wmconfig/rc.config.rpmorig warning: /etc/X11/wmconfig/rc.functions saved as /etc/X11/wmconfig/rc.functions.rpmorig warning: /etc/X11/wmconfig/rc.goodstuff saved as /etc/X11/wmconfig/rc.goodstuff.rpmorig warning: /etc/X11/wmconfig/rc.menus saved as /etc/X11/wmconfig/rc.menus.rpmorig warning: /etc/X11/wmconfig/rc.menus.exclude saved as /etc/X11/wmconfig/rc.menus.exclude.rpmorig warning: /etc/X11/wmconfig/rc.modules saved as /etc/X11/wmconfig/rc.modules.rpmorig warning: /etc/X11/wmconfig/rc.options saved as /etc/X11/wmconfig/rc.options.rpmorig warning: /etc/X11/wmconfig/rc.styles saved as /etc/X11/wmconfig/rc.styles.rpmorig warning: /etc/X11/wmconfig/xinitrc saved as /etc/X11/wmconfig/xinitrc.rpmorig warning: /etc/X11/wmconfig/xsessionrc saved as /etc/X11/wmconfig/xsessionrc.rpmorig wmconfig ####################### Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x809c54f in chunk_free (ar_ptr=0x80d9494, p=0x810ab40) at malloc.c:2959 malloc.c:2959: No such file or directory. (gdb)
Try upgrading to rpm-2.5.6 available from ftp.rpm.org. If problem persists, please reopen this bug.