Here is the transcript of my session notice that I installed
the original rpm ran my test then ran the new rpm and it
failed!

Transcript follows:

[root@jab-linux RPMS]# rpm -U --oldpackage
netkit-base-0.10-29.i386.rpm
[root@jab-linux RPMS]# ls -l /bin/ping
-rwsr-xr-x   1 root     root        14804 Apr  7 17:21
/bin/ping
[root@jab-linux RPMS]# ping -c 1 130.110.238.4
PING 130.110.238.4 (130.110.238.4): 56 data bytes

--- 130.110.238.4 ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
[root@jab-linux RPMS]# cd /jbrown/linux/errata
[root@jab-linux errata]# rpm -U netkit-base-0.10-31.i386.rpm
[root@jab-linux errata]# ls -l /biin/ping
ls: /biin/ping: No such file or directory
[root@jab-linux errata]# ls -l /bin/ping
-rwsr-xr-x   1 root     root        17652 Jul  6 09:33
/bin/ping
[root@jab-linux errata]# ping -c 1 130.110.238.4
PING 130.110.238.4 (130.110.238.4) from 130.110.238.80 : 56
data bytes
From jab-linux.isd.ustra.abb.com (130.110.238.80):
Destination Host Unreachable
From jab-linux.isd.ustra.abb.com (130.110.238.80):
Destination Host Unreachable

--- 130.110.238.4 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, +2 errors, 100%
packet loss
[root@jab-linux errata]#