package manager problems: rpm db corruption|glibc detected double-linked|etc

[David Timms]

David Timms wrote:
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> I also found using package-cleanup --problems that about 50 or more 
> packages noted as missing their requirements. However, the files are on 
> disk; they just aren't in the rpmdb. [2] didn't suddenly make it all 
> good, so I have yum install any missing packages in groups of 5 or so 
> packages, with apparent success the first time.

I did a fair bit of boot runlevel 2, and installing those {not acutally} 
missing rpms, or the rpms providing certain sonames. But some where 
along the track thunderbird no longer started.

rpm -V thunderbird showed about ten files with bad md5sum, including 
thunderbird-bin and libxpcom_core.so. This was yum removed, and install 
again. And now seems to operate OK.

Gonna rpm -Va and see what other problems are left over - but still 
welcome any hints if you have them {since I still get problems with yum} ?

DaveT.