[expert] RPM binary doesn't seem to be working

[Rick Salsa]

Hi,

I've come across something that I haven't seen before, but my RPM binary
doesn't seem to work. If I try to install or upgrade any RPMs, it just
sits and doesn't do anything.

rpm -qa, rpm --help, and rpm --version work, but that's it. I tried rpm
--list to see if the last rpm installed might have done something, but
that doesn't work either. Any ideas on what might be up or how to fix
this? Mandrake 8.2

Thanks,
/rick


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RE: [expert] RPM binary doesn't seem to be working

[Rick Salsa]

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Doing the Ctrl-C often leads to what you are experiencing, 
and I imagine similar actions of stopping rpm from doing something it
is in 
the middle of.  

I think that was it!


Me thinks you will need to delete your current rpm database and then do
an 
rpm --rebuilddb.  

I'll try that. I've never had to delete my rpm database before. Where
would I find that?

/rick



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RE: [expert] RPM binary doesn't seem to be working

[Rick Salsa]

Thanks Rolf!! That was it!!

/rick


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