Hi Olaf, > On the 550 with the problem when I run: > > rpm --rebuilddb > > It finishes pretty much instantly. When I run it on a 550 that > successfully installs packages it actually lags a bit -- it looks like > it's doing something. The rpm version on both is 3.0.6 > > I had tried extracting the rpm from a package and installing the rpm > manually, but I get the following error: > > [root pkg]# rpm -hUv RPMS/pine-4.56-C2.i386.rpm > error: failed dependencies: > ld-linux.so.2 is needed by pine-4.56-C2 > libc.so.6 is needed by pine-4.56-C2 > libcrypt.so.1 is needed by pine-4.56-C2 > libncurses.so.4 is needed by pine-4.56-C2 > libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by pine-4.56-C2 > libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1) is needed by pine-4.56-C2 > libcrypt.so.1(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by pine-4.56-C2 > > I'm able to locate files with those names on machine, so I'm a bit > confused. Is there a handy way for me to reinstall rpm on the machine > or should I be looking at something else?
Well, it appears that the box is pretty hosed then. First of all, lets do a bit of debugging and let's try to rebuild the RPM database with verbose outputs. Maybe we see an error message which helps us to spot where and why RPM barfs: Try "rpm --rebuilddb -vv" Short of an OS restore reinstalling the RPM for rpm-3.0.6 is what I'd do. However, this might turn out into a catch22 situation as you might be unable to fix a broken RPM command by installing a "good" rpm-3.0.6-6x.i386.rpm with the broken RPM command that you currently have aboard. For what it's worth I'd try these commands to reinstall a good RPM: rpm -hUv --force --nodeps ftp://ftp.cobalt.com/pub/products/raq550/RPMS/rpm-3.0.6-6x.i386.rpm rpm -hUv --force --nodeps ftp://ftp.cobalt.com/pub/products/raq550/RPMS/rpm-build-3.0.6-6x.i386.rpm rpm -hUv --force --nodeps ftp://ftp.cobalt.com/pub/products/raq550/RPMS/rpm-devel-3.0.6-6x.i386.rpm rpm -hUv --force --nodeps ftp://ftp.cobalt.com/pub/products/raq550/RPMS/rpm-python-3.0.6-6x.i386.rpm Then try a "rpm --rebuilddb" again and see if that works. If all that fails, then you might want to copy the RPM command "/bin/rpm" over from a good RaQ550 and try again. But as said: At first you should attempt to run RPM in verbose mode to see why it bugs out so royally. -- With best regards, Michael Stauber _______________________________________________ Cobaltfacts mailing list posting/subscription services: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.cobaltfacts.com/mailman/listinfo/cobaltfacts/ Search the Archives at: http://list.cobaltfacts.com/ Visit Cobaltfacts on the web: http://www.cobaltfacts.com/
