you are using rpm-?-?
Should be (at least?) rpm-4.0-26mdk
I had almost same problem in install but upgrade of rpm fixed it (I
believe that's what fixed it). Did you try to --rebuilddb?
On 09 Apr 2001 11:09:19 +0800, R.I.P. Deaddog wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Dunno if I'm the only one who encounters such strange
> behaviour..... I can't compile Window Maker source RPM using non-root
> user at all. When I want to "rpm -ivh" the source rpm, the following error
> messages spits out:
>
>
> =======================================================================
> cannot open Packages index using db3 - Permission denied (13)
>
> --> The rpm database cannot be opened in db3 format.
> If you have just upgraded the rpm package you need to convert
> your database to db3 format by running "rpm --rebuilddb" as root.
>
> error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
> =======================================================================
>
>
> So I go on and checked all files under /var/lib/rpm are readable by me,
> but still the same result. All other source RPMs can be installed
> perfectly, but not this one. So annoyed that I did an strace:
>
>
> =======================================================================
> gettimeofday({986785537, 102418}, NULL) = 0
> brk(0x81c8000) = 0x81c8000
> brk(0x81c9000) = 0x81c9000
> open("/var/lib/rpm/Packages", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_EXCL, 0644) = -1 EEXIST
> (File exists)
> open("/var/lib/rpm/Packages", O_RDWR) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
> write(2, "cannot open Packages index using db3 - Permission denied (13)",
> 61) = 61
> =======================================================================
>
>
> How come!? O_RDWR? What rpm is it? Why would it want to write to rpm
> database!?
>
> Abel Cheung
>
>
