rpm acting odd on fresh install 2006-06-21 - By Rick Stevens
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On Wed, 2006-06-21 at 16:25 -0400, tyche wrote:
> On Wednesday 21 June 2006 14:25, Rick Stevens wrote:
> <SNIP>
> > > deleted the db files, had a screen full of key errors go
> > > whipping by.
> >
> > What? By doing "rm -f __db.*"? If that's the case, then
> > the filesystem is suspect, kemosabe, and you'd better fix
> > that BEFORE you do anything else.
>
> sorry, wasnt the rm -f that caused the errors. was the rpm
> --rebuilddb that caused it. looked like the same key on a few
> different packages.
Oh? That's weird. IIRC, rpm on FC3 did have some issues with big
databases.
>
> >
> > > rebuild, same problem, tho i can use -i --force
> > > -- nodeps. but most of the packages installed are there
> > > (gawk for instance, isnt recognized as being installed by
> > > rpm tho it does run)
> >
> > Again, if the "rm -f" stuff spewed errors, you have far,
> > FAR more serious problems.
> >
> > > as for the no support, can always download the source and
> > > recompile. its just getting the source codes that is a
> > > pain.
> > >
> > > tia, will keep trying the rpm files in /var see what is
> > > what in there. will keep ya updated on progress.
> >
> > Please do.
>
> tyche
>
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