KG > Thank you. We've actually discovered mutiple rpm databases on our systems... Seth > That's.... odd. You don't know the half of it... There is the venerable /var/lib/rpm kgallie 539> l /var/lib/rpm total 76868 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 663552 Feb 14 17:03 __db.003 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1318912 Feb 14 17:03 __db.002 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16384 Feb 14 17:03 __db.001 -rw-r--r-- 1 rpm rpm 12288 Feb 20 06:38 Conflictname -rw-r--r-- 1 rpm rpm 12288 Aug 1 03:43 Triggername -rw-r--r-- 1 rpm rpm 86016 Aug 1 03:43 Sigmd5 -rw-r--r-- 1 rpm rpm 176128 Aug 1 03:43 Sha1header -rw-r--r-- 1 rpm rpm 208896 Aug 1 03:43 Requireversion -rw-r--r-- 1 rpm rpm 393216 Aug 1 03:43 Requirename -rw-r--r-- 1 rpm rpm 12288 Aug 1 03:43 Pubkeys -rw-r--r-- 1 rpm rpm 114688 Aug 1 03:43 Provideversion -rw-r--r-- 1 rpm rpm 663552 Aug 1 03:43 Providename -rw-r--r-- 1 rpm rpm 56676352 Aug 1 03:43 Packages -rw-r--r-- 1 rpm rpm 45056 Aug 1 03:43 Name -rw-r--r-- 1 rpm rpm 20480 Aug 1 03:43 Installtid -rw-r--r-- 1 rpm rpm 32768 Aug 1 03:43 Group -rw-r--r-- 1 rpm rpm 10514432 Aug 1 03:43 Filemd5s -rw-r--r-- 1 rpm rpm 1708032 Aug 1 03:43 Dirnames -rw-r--r-- 1 rpm rpm 10641408 Aug 1 03:43 Basenames There is /usr/lib/rpmdb/x86_64-redhat-linux/redhat -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24576 Jul 12 2006 Triggername -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 98304 Jul 12 2006 Sigmd5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 106496 Jul 12 2006 Sha1header -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 196608 Jul 12 2006 Requireversion -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 368640 Jul 12 2006 Requirename -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24576 Jul 12 2006 Pubkeys -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 106496 Jul 12 2006 Provideversion -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 327680 Jul 12 2006 Providename -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 49152 Jul 12 2006 Name -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32768 Jul 12 2006 Installtid -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24576 Jul 12 2006 Group -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10510336 Jul 12 2006 Filemd5s -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1474560 Jul 12 2006 Dirnames -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24576 Jul 12 2006 Conflictname -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10534912 Jul 12 2006 Basenames -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 50298880 Jul 12 2006 Packages -rw------- 1 root root 663552 Aug 1 03:43 __db.003 -rw------- 1 root root 1318912 Aug 1 03:43 __db.002 -rw------- 1 root root 16384 Aug 1 03:43 __db.001 What REALLY scares me is that the __db.00* files in the redhat directory have the same dates as all the other files in /var/lib/tmp. Cool, huh? Somehow that just doesn't seem right... DISCLAIMER: Note that I am NOT a sys admin. I'm a CAD guy. I am trying use rpm and yum to distribute s/w packages (subscribable and required) across our sites. I don't want to involve sys admin. I tracked down issues with yum 2.0.8 and rpm 4.2.3 to an error message of >> "error: cannot open Basenames index using db3 - No such file or directory (2)"Segmentation fault << coming out of a shared lib in librpmdb-4.2.so. I decided to PUNT on that old crap and get some new crap. I have requested rpm 4.4.2.1 be loaded up and I'll have to hack on yum 3.2.2 to remove the root user requirement. I know it's a little late for the question but is that a good combo? Furthermore does python 2.4+ include 2.5? I've had some python lawyers around here tell me "NO", the python 2.4+ means python 2.4.* and does not include 2.5. _______________________________________________ Yum mailing list Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum
