In answer to my own question, this is what I have done which appears to
fix the problem:
1. Edit /usr/lib/rpm/macros and change the line
%__dbi_rebuild nofsync !log !txn !cdb
to
%__dbi_rebuild nofsync !log !txn !cdb !thread
2. export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5
3. rpm --rebuilddb
4. unset LD_ASSUME_KERNEL
5. Edit /usr/lib/rpm/macros back to the original
6. rpm --rebuilddb
So far this fixes the problems I have been having. I assume it is
possible to override the macro setting on the rpm command line so no
editing is required and a simple script can be run on all my machines.
John.
John Newbigin wrote:
> I have recently deployed a number of CentOS-3.4 boxes and I am seeing
> problems with rpm database apparent corruption. db4 errors like
> DB_PAGE_NOTFOUND.
>
> I have found that using LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5 seems to fix the problem
> but I can't find much info on why or if doing that is good or bad.
>
> I have done --rebuilddb but with the LD_ASSUME_KERNEL that might be
> making thinks worse... I just don't know.
>
> Does anyone here know anything about this problem?
>
> John.
>
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John Newbigin
Computer Systems Officer
Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies
Swinburne University of Technology
Melbourne, Australia
http://www.ict.swin.edu.au/staff/jnewbigin
