error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm

[Philip Rowlands]

On Tue, 18 Jan 2005, JCT wrote:

>I wonder if someone can help. My rpm db was corrupted.

During kickstart?

>So I ran  rm -f __db* followed  rpm rebuild db which ran OK. But I keep
>getting the following error.
>
>error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
>warning: kernel-source-2.4.21-20.0.1.EL.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 025e513b
>error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rp

This isn't really kickstart related (nor is your next posting), so
please take this question to the correct list [1], where the audience
will be better suited and more knowledgable about rpm issues.


Cheers,
Phil

[1] http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list