Bug 4282 – RPM says "free list corrupt"

Bug 4282 - RPM says "free list corrupt"

Summary:	RPM says "free list corrupt"

Status:	CLOSED WORKSFORME

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	rpm (Show other bugs)
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Version:	5.2
Hardware:	i386 Linux

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Reported:	1999-07-30 23:34 EDT by John
Modified:	2008-05-01 11:37 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	1999-07-31 19:24:49 EDT
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Description John 1999-07-30 23:34:58 EDT

Hi, I just tried to install an RPM, and received the
following message:

$ rpm -ivh
/usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/gnome-libs-devel-1.0.12-1.i386.rpm
--nodeps
gnome-libs-devel
##################################################
free list corrupt (6200584)- contact support@redhat.com


I'm using a Redhat 5.2 box, with quite a few upgrade RPMs.
I'm running Gnome rpms built from the official tarballs.
The box is a P200mmx, running kernel version 2.2.4.

What does the message mean?

Thanks,
John Karcz

Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 1999-07-31 19:24:59 EDT

Try
	rpm --rebuildb
and then repeat the command. Usually this message comes from trying
to install two versions of a package in the same cmd line.

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