OK ... I found a way to solve the problem.
The %&@!&#* up2date program crashed in
mid-install while I was doing the latest errata
updates, and in so doing actually *did*
stuff up the Packages database stored in
/var/lib/rpm. (Next time I will backup the
database before TOUCHING up2date -
serves me right)
Here is how I solved it :
1) Copy the 'Packages', 'Basenames', and 'Name' files from /var/lib/rpm
to a different location (These all get modified during the up2date
procedure)
2) Remove the lock files " __db*" in /var/lib/rpm. This step is
IMPORTANT, otherwise attempting to rebuild the bd will fail
3) Rebuild the indices and perform a database sanity check by running
the following command
# rpm --rebuilddb -vv
That produced some horrendous amounts of output, but afterwards my
database was fine and I could run package queries and updates again.
Had this failed, I would have spent months rebuilding the database,
or simply would have had to reinstall the OS.
Jason
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Dale" <redhat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 11:40 AM
Subject: RPM hangs
> Hi all,
>
> I just used up2date on the Gnome desktop to upgrade my
> sendmail packages, but just as the packages were installing,
> up2date froze dead in it's tracks.
>
> Now, when I use the rpm command to query packages,
> it hangs. Even rpm --rebuilddb does not work, as I suspected
> that the RPM package database might be corrupted.
>
> Any command using the 'rpm' command is liable to produce
> the same result. Is there anything I can do?
>
> Thanks !
>
>
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