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On Saturday 19 January 2002 06:43 pm, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:
> > > I get the answer:
> > > D: opening db index
> > > /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat/Packages rdonly mode=0x0
> > > D: closed db index
> > > /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat/Packages
> > > error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - No such file or
Hi Wolfgang,
You have a fairly recent version of rpm installed, and I'm wondering if
it isn't perhaps looking in the wrong place for the redhat rpmdb.
The error your getting is the same on reported if rpmdb-redhat isn't
installed. I'm guessing that is because rpm can't find the installed
database, or can't read it, if found.
At least in the version I have here, the --redhatprovides flag tells rpm
to look at the database in
/usr/lib/rpmdb/%{_arch}-%{_vendor}-%{_os}/redhat
I think the problem may be with what's contained in that directory.
I don't know if rebuilding that database will fix it or not, but here is
what looks to be the problem:
On my machine, I have:
$ rpm -q rpm
rpm-4.0.3-1.03
$ rpm -q rpmdb-redhat
rpmdb-redhat-7.1-0.20010408
rpmdb-redhat provides the following files:
$ rpm -ql rpmdb-powertools
/usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/powertools
/usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/powertools/Basenames
/usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/powertools/Conflictname
/usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/powertools/Group
/usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/powertools/Name
/usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/powertools/Packages
/usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/powertools/Providename
/usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/powertools/Requirename
/usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/powertools/Triggername
Looking at the package from 6.2:
$ rpm -qlp rpmdb-redhat-6.2-0.20000308.i386.rpm
/usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat
/usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat/conflictsindex.rpm
/usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat/fileindex.rpm
/usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat/groupindex.rpm
/usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat/nameindex.rpm
/usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat/packages.rpm
/usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat/providesindex.rpm
/usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat/requiredby.rpm
/usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat/triggerindex.rpm
The names of the database files are different. Also, in the version I
have here, I don't see that it is looking at the rpmdb-powertools
database. Which makes sense, powertools is no longer included in the
distro.
Updating rpmdb-redhat to a version from a more recent distro would
probably work.
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