Try installing the rpm ? Looks like that creates the missing db's ----- Original Message ----- From: "Miguel Armas" <kuko@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Yellowdog Updater, Modified" <yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 19:11 Subject: Re: [Yum] Yum and RH AS 2.1 > On Thursday 30 October 2003 16:41, Chris Chabot wrote: > > Did you do a > > > > # rpm --root=/home/kk --initdb > > > > before all of this? > > > > Sounds like you do have a Packages database (created since u installed > > packages), but never did a --initdb (which creates the Packages db, plus > > all those others) > > Yes, I did. But it only created the Packages database (not the others): > [root@gate root]# rm -rf /home/kk/* > [root@gate root]# ls -l /home/kk/ > total 0 > [root@gate root]# rpm --root=/home/kk/ --initdb > [root@gate root]# ls -l /home/kk/var/lib/rpm/ > total 280 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8192 Oct 30 17:06 __db.001 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1310720 Oct 30 17:06 __db.002 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 360448 Oct 30 17:06 __db.003 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12288 Oct 30 17:06 Packages > > Then I install something: > [root@gate root]# yum --installroot=/home/kk install setup > Calculating available disk space - this could take a bit > error: cannot open Basenames index using db3 - No such file or directory (2) > setup 100 % done > error: cannot open Group index using db3 - No such file or directory (2) > error: cannot open Requirename index using db3 - No such file or directory (2) > error: cannot open Providename index using db3 - No such file or directory (2) > error: cannot open Conflictname index using db3 - No such file or directory > (2) > error: cannot open Dirnames index using db3 - No such file or directory (2) > error: cannot open Requireversion index using db3 - No such file or directory > (2) > error: cannot open Provideversion index using db3 - No such file or directory > (2) > error: cannot open Installtid index using db3 - No such file or directory (2) > error: cannot open Sigmd5 index using db3 - No such file or directory (2) > error: cannot open Sha1header index using db3 - No such file or directory (2) > error: cannot open Filemd5s index using db3 - No such file or directory (2) > error: cannot open Triggername index using db3 - No such file or directory (2) > Installed: setup.noarch > Transaction(s) Complete > > And I get some more rpm databases: > [root@gate root]# ls /home/kk/var/lib/rpm/ > Conflictname __db.002 Name Providename > __db.001 __db.003 Packages Pubkeys > > If I install another package: > [root@gate root]# yum --installroot=/home/kk install filesystem > Calculating available disk space - this could take a bit > error: cannot open Basenames index using db3 - No such file or directory (2) > filesystem 100 % done > error: cannot open Group index using db3 - No such file or directory (2) > error: cannot open Requirename index using db3 - No such file or directory (2) > error: cannot open Providename index using db3 - No such file or directory (2) > error: cannot open Dirnames index using db3 - No such file or directory (2) > error: cannot open Requireversion index using db3 - No such file or directory > (2) > error: cannot open Provideversion index using db3 - No such file or directory > (2) > error: cannot open Installtid index using db3 - No such file or directory (2) > error: cannot open Sigmd5 index using db3 - No such file or directory (2) > error: cannot open Sha1header index using db3 - No such file or directory (2) > error: cannot open Filemd5s index using db3 - No such file or directory (2) > error: cannot open Triggername index using db3 - No such file or directory (2) > Installed: filesystem.noarch > Transaction(s) Complete > [root@gate root]# ls /home/kk/var/lib/rpm/ > Conflictname Name Packages Providename Pubkeys > > Could it be that it's just a warning because that database didn't exist, but > the databases are created automagically by installing packages that uses > them? So if I keep installing packages it should work?... > Hmm, I'll try... > > How can I FORCE the creation of all the rpm databases? > > Salu2! > -- > -------------------------------------- > Miguel Armas <kuko@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Consultor de Sistemas y Comunicaciones > Ing. Tec. de Telecomunicaciones > -------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum >
