Re: rpm database corrupted after fedeup from 20 to 21

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On Ter, 2014-12-23 at 22:27 -0800, Mick wrote: 
> Hi Serge;
>   [mick@localhost ~]$ file /var/lib/rpm/Packages
> /var/lib/rpm/Packages: data

/var/lib/rpm/Packages is not an Berkeley DB file ! , It will be hard 

Try follow : 
http://www.rpm.org/wiki/Docs/RpmRecovery 

DB corruption recovery process

> --------------------------------------------
> 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
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