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sdiff command rather than diff command

sdiff will give you more clear picture than diff command.

How to Rebuild RPM Database

Follow these steps Take the backup of /var/lib/rpm Directory 1) tar zcvf /var/lib/rpm.backup.tar.gz /var/lib/rpm Verify Integrity 2) cd /var/lib/rpm 3) rm –f __db* 4) /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_verify Packages Dump & Load Package 5) mv Packages packages.backup 6) /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_dump Packages.backup | /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_load Packages 7) /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_verify Packages 8) rpm –qa Final Step to rebuild database 9) rpm –vv –rebuilddb