Yum and RPM with FC2

[Alex White]

Timothy Murphy wrote:
> Tim and Alison wrote:
> 
> 
>>I have had to rebuild my FC2 box and tried to use YUM to update the
>>packages.
>>It has downloaded all the new RPM files but I am getting the following
>>error when it tries to install the packages
>>
>> error: rpmdbNextIterator: skipping h#     286 Header V3 DSA signature:
>>BAD, key ID 4f2a6fd2
> 
> 
> I've no idea how to solve your problem,
> but it reminds me how bad the error messages in yum are -
> if it works (as it does 90% of the time) it is a marvellous resource.
> But if it fails, you can be sure the error message will be unintelligible.

The error above is not a problem with yum. It's a problem with rpm 
having a corrupt database. Try this and see if it works for you.

cd /var/lib/rpm
rm __db*

run yum again and see if it complains.

Alex White