On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 12:02:03AM -0400, Michael Fratoni wrote:
I also find out that in SUSE Linux there's a time-stamped backups of
the RPM database in /var/adm/backup/rpmdb and that you can just copy it
to /var/lib/rpm, and everything gets back to normal! Anyway thanks a
lot!
Hrmm,
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On Thursday 11 September 2003 07:38 am, Ed Wilts wrote:
On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 12:02:03AM -0400, Michael Fratoni wrote:
I also find out that in SUSE Linux there's a time-stamped backups
of the RPM database in /var/adm/backup/rpmdb and that you
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On Tuesday 09 September 2003 11:55 pm, Didier Casse wrote:
One of my friends accidentally remove her /var/lib/rpm folder entirely
when she found out that her rpm sucked at some point, instead of simply
removing the /var/lib/rpm/__db*
Now the
Hello Didier,
Michael Fratoni wrote:
If /var/log/rpmpkgs exists and is current (Save it quickly before it gets
rotated by log rotate), and you have available the rpm packages (On CD, in
/var/spoll/up2date, etc.) I have a script that can help.
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On Wednesday 10 September 2003 08:49 am, Leonard den Ottolander wrote:
Hello Didier,
Michael Fratoni wrote:
If /var/log/rpmpkgs exists and is current (Save it quickly before it
gets rotated by log rotate), and you have available the rpm
On Wed, 10 Sep 2003, Michael Fratoni wrote:
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On Wednesday 10 September 2003 08:49 am, Leonard den Ottolander wrote:
Hello Didier,
Michael Fratoni wrote:
If /var/log/rpmpkgs exists and is current (Save it quickly before it
gets rotated
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On Wednesday 10 September 2003 11:05 pm, Didier Casse wrote:
Big thanks Michael! Your script is totally cool!!! I managed to rescue
some /var/logs/rpmkgs.3 file!
You're quite welcome, glad you found it useful.
Then ran your script with the RH
One of my friends accidentally remove her /var/lib/rpm folder entirely
when she found out that her rpm sucked at some point, instead of simply
removing the /var/lib/rpm/__db*
Now the problem is how to get back this database! rpm --initdb followed by
rpm --rebuilddb doesn't seem to work since rpm
