Description of problem: "yum update" fails citing a dependancy for rpm against package rpm-python-4.4.2.3-22.el5.i386. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Very on the server I am exeriencing this on. Steps to Reproduce: 1. run "yum update" 2. Answer "y" after the initial dependency check. 3. Actual results: libldap-2.3.so.0 is needed by (installed) quota-3.13-5.el5.i386 libldap-2.3.so.0 is needed by (installed) sudo-1.7.2p1-10.el5.i386 libldap-2.3.so.0 is needed by (installed) nfs-utils-1.0.9-54.el5.i386 libldap_r-2.3.so.0 is needed by (installed) autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.156.el5.i386 libldap_r-2.3.so.0 is needed by (installed) python-ldap-2.2.0-2.1.i386 rpm is needed by (installed) rpm-python-4.4.2.3-22.el5.i386 Complete! (1, [u'Please report this error in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=Red%20Hat%20Enterprise%20Linux%205&component=yum']) [root@rwcssl01 ~]# [root@rwcssl01 ~]# which rpm /bin/rpm [root@rwcssl01 ~]# Expected results: Application of updates Additional info:
Run: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest ...you'll probably find that it's a preexisting problem in the rpmdb,