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Description of problem:
rpm -V fails on chroot dir. It writes /tmp/chroot/var/lib/rpm: No such file or directory.

This was fixed in rhel54 in 508074.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
rpm-4.8.0-6.el6

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. yum install installroot=/tmp/chroot rpm -y
# it successfully installs 100megs of packages

2. rpm --root /tmp/chroot -V rpm
  
Actual results:
[root@auto-x86-64-001 ~]# rpm --root /tmp/chroot -Va
S.5....T.  c /etc/pki/nssdb/pkcs11.txt
/tmp/chroot/var/lib/rpm: No such file or directory
[root@auto-x86-64-001 ~]# rpm --root /tmp/chroot -V rpm
/tmp/chroot/var/lib/rpm: No such file or directory
[root@auto-x86-64-001 ~]# rpm -q rpm
rpm-4.8.0-6.el6.x86_64
[root@auto-x86-64-001 ~]# uname -a
Linux auto-x86-64-001.ss.eng.bos.redhat.com 2.6.32-23.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Apr 27 21:17:28 EDT 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[root@auto-x86-64-001 ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 6.0 Beta (Santiago)

Expected results:
Verification of packages works well on chroot dir

Additional info:

Fixed in rpm-4.8.0-8.el6

Verified on RHEL6.0-20100523.0 i386 and x86_64

:: [   PASS   ] :: Running 'rpm -Va --root /tmp/tmp.nqYVFzBuuD 2> log'
:: [   PASS   ] :: 100. attempt There is no error
:: [   LOG    ] :: Duration: 11m 23s
:: [   LOG    ] :: Assertions: 200 good, 0 bad

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Beta 2 is now available and should resolve
the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed
with a resolution of CURRENTRELEASE. You may reopen this bug report if the
solution does not work for you.