On Sun, 2004-08-15 at 23:12, stuartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > To save space I deleted all files in /var/spool/up2date and > /var/spool/repackage. I don't think I was in /var/lib/rpm... > I then did an rpm -qa and saw no rpms! > I then did rpm --initdb --> no packages if I rpm -qa > I then did rpm --rebuilddb --> no packages if I rpm -qa > I then tried to install a package and I got tons of failed dependencies > like missing glibc and bash. > All programs are on the system but I can not get rpm to know about them. > I can not install packages and be assured of dependencies.. > up2date thinks I have nothing on the system too! > How can this be fixed. > I had no backups of /var I didn't think anything important was there. Quick, check the file /var/log/rpmpkgs, if it is there make a copy before it is overwritten. The package "rpm" places a script in /etc/cron.daily/rpm, and this script executes "rpm -qa" (with a few additional options) and places the output in said file. Cron, or perhaps it is "anacron", runs the scripts in /etc/cron.daily once a day, on my machine it happens usually at 4 AM every night. Using this list you can probably reconstruct the rpm database. I don't know how yet, do you have the Fedora Core 2 CD's or iso images? I bet I can reconstruct that database on my computer and send it to you if you send me the list. Regards, Enrique > > Stuart > > > _______________________________________________ > Rpm-list mailing list > Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list > > _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
