Bug 4282 - RPM says "free list corrupt"
Summary: RPM says "free list corrupt"
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Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: rpm
Version: 5.2
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Lawrence
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 1999-07-31 03:34 UTC by John
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 1999-07-31 23:24:49 UTC

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Description John 1999-07-31 03:34:58 UTC 
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 23:24:59 UTC 
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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