Yum says package "ntp" is not available which is not true

[Dennis Jacobfeuerborn]

Michael Schwendt wrote:
> Cannot reproduce.
> 
> #  yum update system-config-date
> Setting up Update Process
> Resolving Dependencies
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package system-config-date.noarch 0:1.9.3-2.fc8 set to be updated
> 
> Dependencies Resolved
> 
> =============================================================================
>  Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size 
> =============================================================================
> Updating:
>  system-config-date      noarch     1.9.3-2.fc8      development       1.1 M
> 
> Transaction Summary
> =============================================================================
> Install      0 Package(s)         
> Update       1 Package(s)         
> Remove       0 Package(s)         
> 
> Total download size: 1.1 M
> Is this ok [y/N]: y
> Downloading Packages:
> (1/1): system-config-date 100% |=========================| 1.1 MB    00:09     
> Running rpm_check_debug
> --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
> ---> Package system-config-date.noarch 0:1.9.3-2.fc8 set to be updated
> Running Transaction Test
> Finished Transaction Test
> Transaction Test Succeeded
> Running Transaction
>   Updating  : system-config-date           ######################### [1/2] 
>   Cleanup   : system-config-date           ######################### [2/2]
> 
> Updated: system-config-date.noarch 0:1.9.3-2.fc8
> Complete!
> 
> # rpm -q ntp
> ntp-4.2.4p2-3.fc8
> 

There is something really weird going on here:

[root at nexus etc]# rpm -ql ntp
package ntp is not installed
[root at nexus etc]# rpm -ql ntp-4.2.4p2-3.fc8
/etc/ntp
/etc/ntp.conf
/etc/ntp/crypto
/etc/ntp/crypto/pw
/etc/ntp/keys
...

Why doesn't rpm recognize the package with the name "ntp"? I even removed 
the package with "rpm -e --nodeps ntp-4.2.4p2-3.fc8" (again just saying 
"ntp" isn't enough) and reinstalled it but that doesn't help.

I also tried to check the db:
[root at nexus ~]# package-cleanup --problems
Setting up yum
No Repositories Available to Set Up
Reading local RPM database
Processing all local requires
No problems found

That doesn't look quite right...

Regards,
   Dennis