Well, I tried using the other subject, and have heard silence since then. So, I'l ltry with a new subject.
H E L P! I"m dead in the water as far as RPM goes. Here's my original message: > > On Sat, 2 Mar 2002 18:50:01 +0100 (MET) > > Lars Roland Kristiansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi I have just installed the rpm called locals - now my rpm database i > > > f***ed - It will make core dumped if i use rpm --rebuilddb, is there > > > anyway i can manualy edit the database or any other way i can fix > > > this. (reinstalling is not an option) > > ... > > Lars try the methods on this page by Pascal Bourguignon it covers how to > > rebuild an rpm database. > > http://hermes.afaa.asso.fr/users/pascal/linux/rpm-rebuilddb > > My problem is slightly different, apparently. > > rpm -a -q outputs a nice long list of stuff. > > rpm -i gmime-0.6.0-1.i386.rpm hangs forever (well, 1 hour) > > rpm --rebuilddb core dumps with seg fault. > > > In my attempting to fix it, its gotten different. Now, when I say > rpm --rebuilddb I get: > > rpmdb: /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.2466/__db.001: Input/output error > error: db3 error(5) from dbenv->open: Input/output error > error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Input/output error (5) > > That is in the window I logged in using. However, in the console > I see: > is_leaf: free space seems wrong: level=1, nr_items=81, free_space=4 rdkey > vs-5150: search_by_key: invalid format found in block 22236. Fsck? > > This is a bit scary, as this is a reiserfs partition! > > Does anyone have any idea how to move forward? > > Thanks! >
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