odd error message when doing rpm -Uv

[Thomas Cameron]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Erich Noll" <enoll1 at earthlink.net>
To: <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 3:14 PM
Subject: odd error message when doing rpm -Uv


> Hello,
>
> I'm getting this error message intermittently when I do rpm -Uv to install 
> FC3 update rpms:
>
> /sbin/ldconfig: File /lib/tls/i486/libc-2.3.4.so.#prelink#.zFX7nU is 
> empty, not checked.
>
> This is on a HP Presario (i586) which has a standard FC3 desktop config 
> installed on it, plus all pertinent update rpms from the FC3 update site. 
> Even though I get the message when installing some (not all) rpms, the 
> machine seems to work fine in all other respects.
>
> I've already Googled and found some apparent hits, but no solutions.  By 
> the way I didn't do a swaret --upgrade at any time.
>
> TIA
>
> Erich Noll

Sounds like a temp file got left over from some process like prelink.

Do this:

rpm -qf /lib/tls/i486/libc-2.3.4.so.#prelink#.zFX7nU

If it comes back as not owned by any package, I would say move it to /tmp. 
Then after a week or so if nothing has broken, you can delete it.

Thomas