[rhn-users] RPM doesn't work!

[Tom Weeks]

On Wednesday 08 September 2004 12:26 pm, James P wrote:
> Later versions of RPM are kind of flaky. I have had this problem in
> the past and have always been abel to fix it by rebuilding the rpm
> database. Do this:
>
> cd /var/lib/rpm
> mv __db* ..
> rpmdb --rebuilddb
>
> It will take a few minutes to recreate the __db* files. Should work
> after that.

It's not a fix... That's just a bandaid until the next time it breaks.

The bug showed up in RPM 4.1 around RH8.0:
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=74877

Jeff Johnson still, to this day, refuses to accept that this is a bug:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=72543

And AFAIK, he still claims that it's not reproducable... and therefore not a 
bug.

I would say.. if the whole world says it's broken.. then it's being 
reproduced.. and therefore IS, a bug... ;)

Tweeks