any body have a sec to help me figure this out. fyi, i don't really know that I'm doing, these are things i found while googling for an answer [root@panaserv rpm]# rpm -vv RPM version 4.0.5 in /etc/rpm/macros: %_dbi_config_Packages %{_dbi_htconfig}lockdbfd debug [root@panaserv rpm]# cd /var/lib/ [root@panaserv lib]# tar czvf rpmdb.tar.gx rpm backed up, just to be safe. [root@panaserv rpm]# rpm -qa <clipped lots-o-stuff> psmisc-21.2-1mdk Get Packages key (0x8053d98,4) data (0x40423008,6900) "#533" 44000000 rc 0 dynamic-0.9-1mdk Get Packages key (0x8053d98,4) data (0x40423008,34356) "#535" 46000000 rc 0 Segmentation fault (core dumped) [root@panaserv rpm]# rpmdb --rebuilddb <clipped lots-o-stuff> +++ RMW Packages WRITECURSOR Get Packages key (0xbffff79c,4) data (0x805eb50,4) "#0" c1 rc 0 Put Packages key (0xbffff79c,4) data (0x805eb50,4) "#0" c2 rc 0 Sync Packages --- RMW Packages +++ RMW Packages WRITECURSOR *** dbiUpdateRecord: uh is NULL --- RMW Packages Sync Packages Get Packages key (0x805a5e0,4) data (0x4040e008,34356) "#535" 46000000 rc 0 Segmentation fault (core dumped) just for info [root@panaserv rpm]# cd /var/lib/rpm [root@panaserv rpm]# file * Basenames: Berkeley DB (Hash, version 7, native byte-order) Conflictname: Berkeley DB (Hash, version 7, native byte-order) Dirnames: Berkeley DB (Btree, version 8, native byte-order) Filemd5s: Berkeley DB (Hash, version 7, native byte-order) Group: Berkeley DB (Hash, version 7, native byte-order) Installtid: Berkeley DB (Btree, version 8, native byte-order) Name: Berkeley DB (Hash, version 7, native byte-order) Packages: Berkeley DB (Hash, version 8, native byte-order) Packages-orig: Berkeley DB (Hash, version 7, native byte-order) Providename: Berkeley DB (Hash, version 7, native byte-order) Provideversion: Berkeley DB (Btree, version 8, native byte-order) Requirename: Berkeley DB (Hash, version 7, native byte-order) Requireversion: Berkeley DB (Btree, version 8, native byte-order) Sha1header: Berkeley DB (Hash, version 7, native byte-order) Sigmd5: Berkeley DB (Hash, version 7, native byte-order) Triggername: Berkeley DB (Hash, version 7, native byte-order) Thats odd, shouldn't they all be the same version? could that be my problem? [root@panaserv rpm]# db_verify Packages db_verify: region error detected; run recovery. I'm not sure what that means. lets try this. [root@panaserv rpm]# mv Packages Packages-orig [root@panaserv rpm]# db_dump Packages-orig | db_load Packages db_load: region error detected; run recovery. db_dump: region error detected; run recovery. [root@panaserv rpm]# rpm -qa same results as before maybe this. [root@panaserv rpm]# rm Packages [root@panaserv rpm]# /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_dump Packages-orig | \ /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_load Packages it runs a while and returns without any output. [root@panaserv rpm]# rpm -qa same results as before I wold try t38454.c from Jeff Johnson, but i don't have cc installed. Is there any other way i can remove the record? any other ideas i can try? -- Brad Wyman |\ _,,,---,,_ /"\ bradw@xxxxxxxxxxxx /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ \ / I Support the Network Admin |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' X ASCII Ribbon Campaign Sta-Care, Inc. '---''(_/--' `-'_) / \ Against HTML Mail _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list