18.04.2012 19:49, Anne Wilson skrev: > On 18/04/12 17:41, Thomas Backlund wrote: >> 15.04.2012 16:16, Anne Wilson skrev: >>> In desperation I tried "rm -fR /var/lib/rpm/*" - I hope I >>> haven't broken anything too drastic, but nothing seems to have >>> changed. The database will still not rebuild. >>> > >> This part you should _never_ do... > >> You wiped _all_ of rpms databases and any tracking of what is >> installed or not. > > OK, apologies. Doesn't rebuilding the database replace that? >
Nope, as the info used to rebuild the database is also stored there :/ If you want to restore the database at this point you need to reinstall all packages as listed in /var/log/rpmpkgs with --replacepkgs or do a reinstall -- Thomas