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 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How Reproducible: always
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?
Closed for lack of input.