On 12/1/06, Tony Nelson <tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Which is to say rpm uses a lazy algorithm to create the initial rpm >database, such that you never have to explicitly call --initdb which >historically was used to create the initial rpm database. In other >words, rpm creates the initial rpm database automatically. Yes. The confusion is that some people think, and can read the RPM man page to say, that --initdb will remove the current RPM database and replace it with a new empty database. Possibly RPM used to do it that way? Anyway, RH BZ 218057.
No --initdb has been harmless when run against an existing rpmdb, been that way (that I know of) since 1998. Truly, how hard is the test: cd /var/lib tar cf rpmdb.tar.gz ./rpm rpm --initdb rpm -qa (or --verifydb or --rebuilddb or ... ) Way easier to test than it is to sort through whatever is claimed on the internet. YMMV. 73 de Jeff _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
