On 16/01/2008, Clodoaldo <clodoaldo.pinto.neto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > # rpm --initdb This is no-op for an existing RPM database. It cannot help you. It is used to initialise a new non-existing database. > # rm -f __db* Where did you run that? And did you ensure that no other rpm process is active? Does rpm -Uvh /var/cache/yum/updates/packages/bash-3.2-19.fc8.x86_64.rpm work?