Hi Serge; [mick@localhost ~]$ file /var/lib/rpm/Packages /var/lib/rpm/Packages: data -------------------------------------------- On Tue, 12/23/14, Sérgio Basto <sergio@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Subject: Re: rpm database corrupted after fedeup from 20 to 21 To: test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Tuesday, December 23, 2014, 9:45 PM On Ter, 2014-12-23 at 19:46 -0800, Mick wrote: > Hi Adam; > thanks for trying. > It made no difference. > > The message was: > [root@localhost ~]# rpm --rebuilddb > error: rpmdb: BDB0641 __db_meta_setup: /var/lib/rpm/Packages: unexpected file type or format > error: cannot open Packages index using db5 - Invalid argument (22) > > and looking at the file: > [root@localhost ~]# ls -l /var/lib/rpm/Packages > -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 452214784 Dec 20 14:49 /var/lib/rpm/Packages what you got ? with command : file /var/lib/rpm/Packages I got : /var/lib/rpm/Packages: Berkeley DB (Hash, version 9, native byte-order) > When I renamed Packages the rpmbuilddb error went away. > However > [root@localhost rpm]# yum update > CRITICAL:yum.main: > > Error: rpmdb failed release provides. Try: rpm --rebuilddb > > From my Google-FU it seems that a full re-install (DVD) of F21 is the only cure. > I am trying to avoid that. > > MickM > > > > -------------------------------------------- > On Tue, 12/23/14, Adam Williamson <adamwill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Subject: Re: rpm database corrupted after fedeup from 20 to 21 > To: "For testing and quality assurance of Fedora releases" <test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Tuesday, December 23, 2014, 12:13 PM > > On Tue, 2014-12-23 at > 08:06 -0800, Mick wrote: > > Hi; > > I was running FC20 fully > updated. > > [root@localhost ~]# > fedup --network 21 --product=nonproduct > > > > > Which worked. > > Now > when I try to 'yum update' > > [root@localhost ~]# yum > update > > error: rpmdb: BDB0641 > __db_meta_setup: /var/lib/rpm/Packages: > > unexpected file type or format > > error: cannot open Packages index using > db5 - Invalid argument (22) > > error: > cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm > > CRITICAL:yum.main: > > > > > Error: rpmdb open failed > > [root@localhost ~]# > > > > Or rpm--rebuilddb > > [root@localhost ~]# rpm > --rebuilddb > > error: rpmdb: BDB0641 > __db_meta_setup: /var/lib/rpm/Packages: > > unexpected file type or format > > error: cannot open Packages index using > db5 - Invalid argument (22) [ > > root@localhost ~]# > > > > Any ideas? > > Apart from this the system is working > fine. > > > > Try: > > mv > /var/lib/rpm/__db* /tmp > rpm --rebuilddb > > if it doesn't help, move > the __db* files back, you may want to keep > them in case some RPM guru can help you debug. > Hope this helps! > -- > Adam > Williamson > Fedora QA Community Monkey > IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | XMPP: > adamw AT happyassassin . net > http://www.happyassassin.net > > -- > test > mailing list > test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test -- Sérgio M. B. -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
