[rhn-users] RPM doesn't work!

[Todd Warner]

On Sat, 11 Sep 2004, Tom Weeks wrote:

> 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... ;)

I believe that particular issue has been rectified. That of course
doesn't mean rpm is bullet-proof. I think what you are seeing is
something probably different (the old issue only required a rm __db* to
get things moving again), but I will forward this message further.

-taw



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