Description of problem:

As the subject says, when I try to upgrade to glibc-common-2.3.1-26 (from -25),
rpm segfaults even before finishing dependency checks:

[root@cognac 8.0.1]# rpm -Fvh glibc/2.3.1-26/i686/glibc-2.3.1-26.i686.rpm \
glibc/2.3.1-26/i686/glibc-debuginfo-2.3.1-26.i686.rpm \
glibc/2.3.1-26/i686/nptl-devel-2.3.1-26.i686.rpm \
glibc/2.3.1-26/i386/glibc-common-2.3.1-26.i386.rpm \
glibc/2.3.1-26/i386/glibc-debug-2.3.1-26.i386.rpm \
glibc/2.3.1-26/i386/glibc-devel-2.3.1-26.i386.rpm \
glibc/2.3.1-26/i386/glibc-profile-2.3.1-26.i386.rpm \
glibc/2.3.1-26/i386/glibc-utils-2.3.1-26.i386.rpm \
glibc/2.3.1-26/i386/nscd-2.3.1-26.i386.rpm
Segmentation fault
[root@cognac 8.0.1]# rpm -Uvh glibc/2.3.1-26/i686/glibc-2.3.1-26.i686.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
        glibc-common = 2.3.1-26 is needed by glibc-2.3.1-26
        glibc = 2.3.1-25 is needed by (installed) glibc-debug-2.3.1-25
        glibc = 2.3.1-25 is needed by (installed) glibc-utils-2.3.1-25
[root@cognac 8.0.1]# rpm -Uvh glibc/2.3.1-26/i386/glibc-common-2.3.1-26.i386.rpm
Segmentation fault
[root@cognac 8.0.1]# rpm -Uvh glibc/2.3.1-26/i386/glibc-debug-2.3.1-26.i386.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
        glibc = 2.3.1-26 is needed by glibc-debug-2.3.1-26
        glibc-devel = 2.3.1-26 is needed by glibc-debug-2.3.1-26
[root@cognac 8.0.1]# rpm -Uvh glibc/2.3.1-26/i386/glibc-devel-2.3.1-26.i386.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
        glibc-devel = 2.3.1-25 is needed by (installed) glibc-debug-2.3.1-25

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

rpm-4.2-0.48 (happened with -0.46 also)

How reproducible:

Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. See above
    
Actual results:

rpm segfaults trying to install glibc-common-2.3.1-26

Expected results:

rpm installs packages or complains about unsatisfied dependencies