Here is a example... [root@cool rpms]# rpm -Uvh chromium-0.9.12-3mdk.i586.rpm Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:chromium ########################################### [100%] now when i do a query nothing shows up, no version number, no error message telling me the package is not installed, it also does the same thing if i give rpm the -qil -v or -e flags (the actual files don't appear to be deleted by the -e flag). 'rpm -qa |grep chro' does not yield any results either. I can tell the package did install and the before/ after scripts appear to be running. [root@cool rpms]# rpm -q chromium [root@cool rpms]# Ok, I say something is wrong with the database, so i issue a rpm --rebuilddb, it does it no problem, then when I try the same command I get. [root@cool rpms]# rpm -q chromium error: package chromium is not installed Ok, lets try a new database.... cd /var/lib mv rpm rpm-bad mkdir rpm rpm --initdb Now when I try installing it again... same issue?! cd ~/rpms rpm -ivh --nodeps chromium-0.9.12-3mdk.i586.rpm I got my real rpm database back into service and I went and downloaded the rawhide chromium and installed it using the same procedure as I did above and it shows up fine in the database, I also tried other none cooker rpms and it worked fine. I have had the same problem with many other cooker rpms. Jose rpm -qa | grep rpm rpmlint-0.34-1mdk rpm-4.0.3-0.19mdk rpm-devel-4.0.3-0.19mdk rpm-build-4.0.3-0.19mdk rpmdrake-1.3-76mdk rpm-python-4.0.3-0.19mdk rpm-rebuilder-0.5-1mdk gnorpm-0.96-4mdk urpmi-1.7-4mdk autoirpm-0.9-4mdk rpmstats-0.3-2mdk grpmi-8.1-5mdk gurpmi-1.1-4mdk rpmtools-3.1-3mdk
