Bug 76909 – rpm gives obscure error messages on athlon computers

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Bug 76909 - rpm gives obscure error messages on athlon computers

Summary:	rpm gives obscure error messages on athlon computers

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	rpm (Show other bugs)
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Version:	8.0
Hardware:	athlon Linux

Priority	medium Severity low
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Assigned To:	Jeff Johnson
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Reported:	2002-10-29 04:24 EST by Vidar Langseid
Modified:	2008-05-01 11:38 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2002-11-01 09:20:33 EST
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Description Vidar Langseid 2002-10-29 04:24:48 EST

Description of Problem:
Looks like rpm gives obscure errormessages when trying
to install a corrupted rpm on athlon systems

Try the following on pentium 4 computers:
[root@localhost root]# echo "" > foobar.rpm
[root@localhost root]# rpm -i foobar.rpm
error: foobar.rpm cannot be installed


However, when do the same on a athlon system you get this 
cryptic message:
[root@localhost root]# echo "" > foobar.rpm
[root@localhost root]# rpm -i foobar.rpm
foobar.rpm: read manifest failed: Success

I experienced this when I downloaded your updates from one (faulty) mirrorsite


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Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 2002-11-01 09:20:26 EST

FWIW, the code path traveled does not
need or use arch, so the "athlon" information
is a red herring.

What version of rpm? Same on both platforms?

Comment 2 Jeff Johnson 2002-11-16 15:07:11 EST

Closed for lack of input.

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