On Tuesday 15 February 2011 01:10:01 Jeff Johnson wrote: > BTW, what version of RPM? What arch? And with db-4.7.25?
From: rpm 5.2.1 with internal db 4.7.25 To: rpm 5.3.8 with external db 4.7.25 rpm 5.2.1 db was created in a chroot (x86) environment, and I'm using 5.3.8 in the tablet (arm). I suppose that arch is not relevant in this upgrade problem but I can make tests to be sure. > (I know db-4.8.x "works", used in IDMS linux. I can/will check db-4.7.x; > my comments re gud enuf were based on API and functionality. But there > might be something else needed ... ) Maybe, I think I'm completely in your hands here... > Can you do rpm -qa --dbpath /path/to/wherever? Yes -qa always works soon after removing DB_CONFIG and apparently lists all packages: # rpm -qa --dbpath /var/lib/rpm |wc -l 390 Silvan -- mambaSoft di Calarco Silvan Web: http://www.mambasoft.it mambaSoft Store @ http://www.mambastore.it openmamba GNU/Linux development @ http://www.openmamba.org ______________________________________________________________________ RPM Package Manager http://rpm5.org Developer Communication List rpm-devel@rpm5.org