yum update pam problems

[m.roth at 5-cent.us]

> I have many Redhat and Fedora systems.  Two of the systems are having
> problems updating pam
>
> One is running 2.6.18-128.1.14.el5.  The other is running
> 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5xen
>
>
> When I issue:
>
> yum update pam
>
> it ends in
>
> Metadata file does not match checksum
>   You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
>   You could try running: package-cleanup --problems
>                          package-cleanup --dupes
>                          rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
>
> I followed all the suggestions and even issued
>
> rpm --rebuilddb
>
> These steps did not help.

Now, and it won't. I'd wait - if the metadata doesn't match, either a)
someone's updating the repository, and they're not done, or b) someone's
slipped something unpleasant into the distro, and that needs to be
cleaned.

ESP. since this is your security, don't force anything; find out the root
cause in the repository.

        mark "maybe it's a good thing I haven't had a chance
               to start my regular updates...."