On Sun, 26 Apr 1998, Dave Wreski wrote:
>
> > What kind of problems are indicated by statement: "exection of script
> > failed", "unpacking of archive ailed", and "read failed: Input/output error
> > (5)"?
>
> That almost definately looks like problems with the RPMs.
>
> If you have access to a Linux box, try running the following on one of
> those RPMs that failed in your list:
>
> # rpm -qvvpl package.i386.rpm | more
Why not just do rpm -K --nopgp package.i386.rpm?
If that says anything but OK at the end of the line something is wrong.
If you have pgp and the redhat pgp key installed leave out the --nopgp.
>
> where `package' is one of the packages that failed. That will produce a
> list of the files that are in the package, as well as some
> other information, for example:
>
> D: Header + Archive: 395012
> D: expected size : 395012
>
> If those two numbers don't match in your package, then you know it is
> faulty. If it doesn't even get that far, you also know the package is
> faulty.
Don't you just love the way Linux/Unix gives you choices? :)
......Tom "Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards,
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