YUM header error

Robert Story rstory-l at revelstone.com
Tue May 24 11:08:48 MDT 2005


On Tue, 24 May 2005 08:04:42 -0700 Olaf wrote:
OO> I've just suddenly started getting this error when I run yum, to 
OO> install, update, or remove anything. It doesn't halt the operation, just 
OO> reports a problem with a header. Any ideas on how to get rid of it, or 
OO> why it's happeneing:
OO> 
OO> error: rpmdb: damaged header #691 retrieved -- skipping.

I'd say check the rpm man pages on how to rebuild your rpm database. Also,
check the yum man pages on increasing the debugging level to see if you can
figure out which header this is.

Or maybe try another mirror...


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