On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 05:36:11PM -0400, Paul Nasrat wrote: > On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 17:14 -0400, Igor Schein wrote: > > Hi, > > > > If file /var/lib/rpm/Packages was deleted by mistake ( and there's no > > backup of it ), what is my best bet to make the machine functional > > again? I am using RPM version 4.4.1 > > On Fedora/RHEL check /var/log/rpmpkgs* for most recent log of installed. > Collate rpms cp logfile to dir with rpms so it can act as manifest then > repopulate the db eg: > > rpm -Uvh --justdb --notriggers --noscripts rpmpkgs.1 > > Paul Thanks for the tip. The problem is that my rpms have come from many places and I don't have the actual files any more for some of them. What if I try to run anaconda upgrade ( in my case FC4 -> FC5T2), will that take care of the problem? Igor _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
