Hello Tom, On Mon, 2012-06-11 at 14:23 +0100, Tom Brown wrote: > from memory i have not deliberately removed the i386 package, but you > are right it is not there, however rpm does seem to know about > /bin/tar > > # rpm -ql tar > /bin/gtar > /bin/tar > <snip> > > although i agree its something rpm db related as reinstalling tar via > rpm rather than yum solves the problem, however i dont see how this > situation has arisen.
rm /bin/tar will remove the binary but not update the rpmdb. rpm -V {package} to verify the package installation. Regards, Leonard. -- mount -t life -o ro /dev/dna /genetic/research _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos