rpm db destroyed? removing old FC4 kernels

[Patrick Steiner]

the 7 packages are old kernel-devel rpms.

rpm-database rebuild doesn't help.

if i try to remove it manual i get the following errror:


# rpm -e kernel-smp-devel-2.6.14-1.1656_FC4
memory alloc (4 bytes) returned NULL.


regards,
patrick