Devon:
I most say "thank you" to you too... I was in the same problem !!!
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From: "Devon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 7:04 PM
Subject: Re: "rpm ... --redhatprovides" error
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> On Saturday 19 January 2002 09:05 pm, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:
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> > > 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
>
> > ... here: rpmdb-redhat-6.2-0.20000308
> >
> > > rpmdb-redhat provides the following files:
> > > $ rpm -ql rpmdb-powertools
> > > /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/powertools
>
> Err, wrong query pasted in there. It should be:
> $ rpm -ql rpmdb-redhat
> /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat
> /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat/Basenames
> /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat/Conflictname
> /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat/Group
> /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat/Name
> /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat/Packages
> /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat/Providename
> /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat/Requirename
> /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat/Triggername
>
> > so the command *is* looking for the correct path( ...doesn't it?):
> > indeed I have here (on RedHat 6.2):
> >
> > $ ls /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat/
> > conflictsindex.rpm groupindex.rpm packages.rpm requiredby.rpm
> > fileindex.rpm nameindex.rpm providesindex.rpm triggerindex.rpm
>
> Yes, it is looking for the correct path. But look at the difference in
> the names of the db files.
> I have:
> $ ls /usr/lib/rpmdb/i386-redhat-linux/redhat/
> Basenames Group Packages Requirename
> Conflictname Name Providename Triggername
>
> > <Did I forget something? ... All this at about 2:45 in the morning ...
> > I'll need some sleep now ... >
>
> My guess is that recent versions of rpm look for the more recent file
> naming. Again, i don't know if rebuilding the database would fix that or
> not.
>
> I'd be willing to bet that installing rpmdb-redhat from the 7.1 or 7.2
> distro would work.
>
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