RPM is a pain in the proverbials … it’s official !
I was upgrading a RH 7.3 based server last night when RPM decided it didn’t want to co-operate, junked the packages file and corrupted the DB ..
Managed to install another version of RPM, but the damned thing now doesn’t know what packages its’ predecessor installed … so while the box is up, running and stable, updates / management of it are going to be painful … time for a rebuild I think !