have you tried:
rpm --rebuilddb
I think that will do it, I am sure somebody will correct me if I am wrong.
;-)
HTH
Fred
----- Original Message -----
From: "cyberclay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 8:59 PM
Subject: [newbie] serious rpm problem
> Hey,
> I'm having a pretty serious rpm problem.
> Something has apparently happened to my
> /var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm file:
>
> [cclay@www ~cclay]# rpm -q bash
> cannot open file //var/lib/rpm/nameindex.rpm: Invalid argument
> rpmQuery: rpmdbOpen() failed
>
> How can I re-create this? Should I just re-install
> rpm? Which version is appropriate for Mandrake 7.0,
> and where can I find it as a tar.gz file (because I
> obviously can't use an rpm).
>
> Regards,
> cyberclay
> ---
> cclay at fastlane dot net
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>
>
