Andre,
Thanks again for the great information. The grep
information is definitely essential it could really
change the results.
I followed all your instructions with rpm, as you may
note, replacing your example package with mysql.
Interesting is that this time I got MySQL client
listed, no server.
$ rpm ?qf `type ?p mysql`
$ MySQL-client-4.0.12-0
And when I did rpmverify mysql I got the result,
?package mysql is not installed?
rpm database may not be corrupt but can it be
overridden with a fresh upgrade of RH? I upgraded my
mysql and then upgraded RH from 7.2 to 9, could that
cause the situation?
Finally if you could help me out with most important
part of the question, assuming that something has
happened to lose the information about mysql package,
how can I get back the information about my installed
version?
Thank you in advance for all you great help.
--- Andre Costa <acosta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Leila,
>
> On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 09:17:25 -0800 (PST)
> Leila Lappin <damovand@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hi Andre,
> >
> > I got the same results with commands as you
> > recommended.
>
> It could be, depending on which dir you ran the
> 'grep mys*' command --
> but I assure you you were doing it wrong (this is a
> common mistake with
> grep).
>
> For example, this will not generate an error:
>
> cd /etc ; ls -1 | grep host*
>
> but it is not what you're expecting. There are 4
> host* files on /etc:
>
> host.conf hosts hosts.allow hosts.deny
>
> The above command would be translated to:
>
> cd /etc ; ls -1 | grep host.conf hosts hosts.allow
> hosts.deny
>
> _before_ grep executed, and this means it would
> search for the string
> 'host.conf' on the files hosts, hosts.allow and
> hosts.deny. It is very
> unlikely this is what you were expecting on the
> first place...
>
> Try removing the '*' instead and see what happens.
>
> > The point is that although I can see the
> > mysqld-max is running, rpm -qf suggests a package
> name
> > for what is running, I cannot see the package in
> my
> > system! I think that I deleted the rpm, and
> somehow
> > the package information was removed from rpm data
> > base.
>
> Your RPM DB could be corrupted, but that would be
> easy to spot, as
> many (all?) RPM-related commands, such as 'rpm -qa',
> would fail.
>
> I accidentally erased your original msg, so I will
> make some assumptions
> here: first, you were on the right track with the
> 'rpm -qf ... ; rpm -qi
> ...' (aside from querying the SRPM instead of the
> RPM). I will show you
> how I would do a similar thing here (with another
> software package),
> hoping it will help you.
>
> Let's assume I want to know where 'sylpheed' (my
> email client) came
> from:
>
> ~ type -p sylpheed
> /usr/bin/sylpheed
>
> ~ rpm -qf /usr/bin/sylpheed
> sylpheed-0.9.8-1
>
> ~ rpm -qi sylpheed <--- notice I _don't_ use the
> SRPM name
> Name : sylpheed
> Relocations: (not relocateable)
> Version : 0.9.8
> Vendor: (none)
> Release : 1 Build
> Date: Sun 14 Dec 2003 10:08:39 AM BRST
> Install Date: Sun 14 Dec 2003 10:11:38 AM BRST
> Build Host: localhost.localdomain
> Group : Applications/Internet Source
> RPM: sylpheed-0.9.8-1.src.rpm
> Size : 4677811
> License: GPL
> Signature : (none)
> Packager : Hiroyuki Yamamoto <hiro-y@xxxxxxxxx>
> URL : http://sylpheed.good-day.net/
> Summary : A GTK+ based, lightweight, and fast
> email client.
> Description :
> This program is an X based fast email client which
> has features
> like:
> [snip]
>
> Now suppose I wanted to check sylpheed's
> installation. I would do this:
>
> ~ rpmverify sylpheed
>
> (any missing/changed files would be listed here)
>
> Let me know if you understood what I did here and if
> this helped you.
>
> Best,
>
> Andre
>
> PS: You could collapse the 1st two steps as "rpm -qf
> `type -p sylpheed`"
> (remove quotes)
>
> PPS: You _can_ use the full _RPM_ name with 'rpm
> -qi' (e.g. 'rpm -qi
> sylpheed-0.9.8-1')
>
> >
> > What concerns me is how this will affect the
> process
> > of future upgrades from mysql rpm's. If I
> understand
> > the issues correctly rpm manager not finding the
> > necessary information in its data base will not be
> > able to apply the upgrade correctly.
> >
> > How can I fix this? Can I fix it by downloading
> the
> > rpm, and trying an update to the already installed
> > package, just to rebuild the database?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Andre Costa <acosta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > > On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 14:24:48 -0800 (PST)
> > > Leila Lappin <damovand@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Initially I posted a question about not being
> able
> > > to
> > > > find any MySQL package information through rpm
> > > system.
> > > > I have done some investigation and have more
> > > specific
> > > > information now. It seems as though the
> package
> > > > information was somehow removed from rpm data
> > > base.
> > > > The following is what I've done the results I
> got.
> > > I
> > > > can find the name of the rpm file that is
> > > associated
> > > > with the version of MySQL I'm running. But
> that
> > > rpm
> > > > file is nowhere in my system! Furthermore, I
> > > cannot
> > > > get any information about the rpm from rpm
> > > manager, as
> > > > if something just wiped out the rpm from my
> > > system!
> > > > What could have happened and how can I go
> about
> > > > rebuilding the information? Thank you in
> advance
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > $ ps -awx | grep mys*
> > >
> > > Beware: this is wrong. The _shell_ will
> interpret
> > > '*' and try to expand
> > > mys* to filenames that follow this pattern --
> and
> > > will probably fail.
> > >
> > > Try this instead:
> > >
> > > ps -axw | grep -i mysql
> > >
> > > This should list all packages installed which
> have
> > > 'mysql' as a
> > > substring, regardless of case-folding (hint:
> 'man
> > > grep' is your friend)
> > >
> > > [...]
> > > > $ rpm -qi MySQL-4.0.12-0.src.rpm
> > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > > > $ package MySQL-4.0.12-0.src.rpm is not
> installed
> > >
>
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