I was not able to replicate bug as reported by user.

We have replicated it here. Did you try the correct architecture
(Alpha)? If so, I'll try to track down what we are doing diffrently.

I will try it again on another Alpha. Could you be more descriptive of
the problem please. For example is the package you are trying to
install coming from a CD-ROM, harddrive, network, etc? Does the same
package install properly on the command line with rpm -ivh <package>?