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Constant mdv-rpm signature errors

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I've started getting constant check fails on downloaded rpms using Mandriva's GUI tool. I need the python dev tools to build a better torrent client, but I've tried several sources from all over the world and they all fail sig checks and abort. I have previously downloaded hundreds of rpms for various things (turns out the base Mandriva install doesn't include any dev stuff :( ). I've changed media and restarted the tool, and have verified that I've tried four different sources for this rpm and they all fail checks. I've tested a few other packages at random and they also fail.

What gives, and is there a web source for python mdv-rpms?

EDIT - Bah. Starting the download tool gives me a single required package message, the preqs of which run to 220 items. I'm downloading them now: they're 220 items I downloaded some days ago. Including FIVE DIFFERENT LANGUAGE DISTS OF OPENOFFICE. How openoffice is a preq for *anything* is beyond me, but I really don't need the Spanish one. Why do I need to download them all again?
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So after waiting for ages for it to download the five versions of openoffice (German, Russian, French, and Spanish on top of English) and the other 215 files, I get 'file error (can not read)' for every single one. This wasn't happening before my data drives were replaced (they store nothing but a giant smb share, they have no system data at all). Is there some way to check where the files are being written to and if there is a problem with this?
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You did have the dead drives on a seperate volume group yes? Have you run fsck on your system LVs?

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Yeah, the dead drives are completely separate, and the system drive fsck's fine. I'm probably just going to reinstall.
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